When 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 !”
BONOFor 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.
More Bono Quotes
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Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship.
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I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.
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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
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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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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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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.
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If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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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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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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