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.
BONOWhen those people get up at the Grammys and say, “I thank God”, I always imagine God going, “Oh, don’t, please don’t thank me for that one. Please, oh, that’s an awful one! Don’t thank me for that – that’s a piece of crap !”
More Bono Quotes
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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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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Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don’t know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
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The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we’re small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
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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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It’s still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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I’m as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes – and I will dare to say to you that I don’t think of myself as a celebrity per se.
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I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I’ve always felt 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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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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