Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
BONOCelebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
More Bono Quotes
-
-
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.
BONO -
For all that “I was lost, I am found,” it is probably more accurate to say, “I was really lost, I’m a little less so at the moment.
BONO -
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
BONO -
When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
BONO -
It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
BONO -
There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that’s what was in our head for ‘Get On Your Boots.’ But actually, the song is much more punk rock.
BONO -
It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
BONO -
In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
BONO -
Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
BONO -
I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
BONO -
Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
BONO -
Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
BONO -
Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
BONO -
The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don’t like it, actually.
BONO -
Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
BONO