Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
BONOGod is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.
More Bono Quotes
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It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty,
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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’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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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We’re standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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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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Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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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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Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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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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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 so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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