Bono Quotes


My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them. Bono Heroes 120
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both. Bono Change 96
Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world. Bono Poverty 90
The less you know, the more you believe. Bono Believe 88
U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. Bono Alone 87
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. Bono dad 81
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong. Bono Answers 81
I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that's what makes them extraordinary. Bono Music 80
So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality. Bono Equality 78
Music can change the world because it can change people. Bono change 73
The past is not a place I like to visit. This project is forcing me to go there to tidy up my thoughts. Im not normally a navelgazer. Ive always thought you find yourself in other people. Im visiting here. I dont want to set up house. Bono Past 72
The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. Bono Music 69
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. Bono Respect 62
The geopolitical world has got a lot to learn from the digital world, from the ease with which [it] swept away obstacles that no one knew could even be budged. Bono Technology 62
Its quite widespread in rock culture that mythology of the shooting star. Id rather be the North star. As bob Dylan says you can navigate by it. Bono Stars 61
U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. Bono alone 58
Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building. Bono Religion 57
The God I believe in isnt short on cash mister. Bono Greed 56
I love America and I hate it. Im torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. Bono America 56
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. Bono Another 52
Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously. Bono Marriage 51
Sometimes religion gets in the way of God. Bono Spiritual 50
Where you live should not determine whether you live or whether you die. Bono Poverty 42
Pop music often tells you everything is OK while rock music tells you that its not OK but you can change it. Bono Music 38
Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is. Bono Money 34
For all that I was lost I am found it is probably more accurate to say I was really lost Im a little less so at the moment. Bono Spirituality 33
Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people. Bono Home 31
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this. Bono Africa 30
What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop. Bono Age 28
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 Government 27
I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable. Bono Car 24

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