“If it wasn't for John Peel, there would be no Joy Division and no New ...” — Bernard Sumner Quote

“If it wasn't for John Peel, there would be no Joy Division and no New Order. He was one of the few people to give bands that played alternative music a chance to get heard, and he continued to be a champion of cutting-edge music throughout his life.”

“If something I do now sounds like something I did in the past, it's because I played it. I can't help sounding like myself. That's going to happen. The things that I play on guitar that resonate with me are probably the same things that resonated with me when I started playing in Joy Division.”

“If someone throws you in a pool and you can't swim, you're going to struggle.”

“People come up to me and say, 'You changed my life.' I don't think I changed anyone's life. I think their life changed while they were listening to the music.”

“My mother, Laura Sumner, had cerebral palsy. She was born absolutely fine, but after about three days, she started having convulsions that left her with a condition that would confine her to a wheelchair her entire life.”

“The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another.”

“It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.”

“A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.”

“If you go around being afraid, you're never going to enjoy life. You have only one chance, so you've got to have fun.”

“Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.”

“Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.”