Top 117 Quotes by Bono

About Bono

These are some quotes by Irish author Bono Musician, who was born on May 10, 1960.

I'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

I'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

Bono

I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages. I've learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.

Bono

The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.

The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.

Bono

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

Bono

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.

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

I don't let my religious world get too complicated.

I don't let my religious world get too complicated.

Bono

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

Bono

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.

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.

Bono

I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2's audience.

I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2's audience.

Bono

So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa.

So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa.

Bono

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