Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
BONOYou see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
More Bono Quotes
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But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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Sadly, I do my homework. I’ve a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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If September 11th has taught us anything, it’s certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
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I don’t know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we’ve got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, ‘Is this it? Are we still relevant?’
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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did – or did not do – to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
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U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don’t really know what we’re doing and when we do, it doesn’t seem to help.
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I’m a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I’ve been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness.
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