65+ Bono Quotes On America, Capitalism And Soulful

Bono is an Irish singer and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band U2. He is a prominent activist for social justice and philanthropy, and is the co-founder of the ONE and (RED) campaigns to combat poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa. He has won 22 Grammy awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Bono on love, life, america.

Top 10 Bono Quotes

1. Music can change the world because it can change people.
2. My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
3. To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
4. Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.
5. 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.
6. Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.
7. I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that.
8. It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
9. The less you know, the more you believe.
10. Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.

Bono Short Quotes

• It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
• It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
• At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.
• We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
• Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.
• I wouldn't run for President. I wouldn't want to move to a smaller house.
• Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
• In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
• If I don't understand it, it must be art.
• Let's not bequeath the pop charts to just children.

Bono Quotes About World

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong. — Bono

Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist. — Bono

Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud. — Bono

Jesus, Jesus help me. I'm alone in this world. — Bono

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

Bono Quotes About Africa

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 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. — 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. — Bono

Bono Quotes About Live

Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die. — Bono

I'm never nervous when I go to meet heads of state. I feel they should be nervous, because they are the ones who'll be held accountable for the lives their decisions will impact the most. — Bono

There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it. — Bono

Bono Famous Quotes And Sayings

God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God 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. — Bono

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss. — Bono

Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it. — Bono

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. — Bono

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

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 love America and I hate it. I'm 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

Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief. — Bono

It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it. — Bono

We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back. — Bono

The great gifts of models are not that they're more beautiful than the next person, it's that they're able to be photographed and not be self-conscious. — Bono

I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them. — Bono

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves. — Bono

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. — Bono

Sometimes religion gets in the way of God. — Bono

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. — Bono

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 !" — Bono

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them. — Bono

Perspective is the cure for depression. — Bono

Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the reasons I'm attracted to people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ, to pacifism, is because naturally, I'm the guy that would not turn the other cheek - but, when people see you're attracted to that, they think you are that. — Bono

Laughter is eternity if joy is real. — Bono

There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place. — Bono

It's still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others. — Bono

I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad --- I see it in myself. I know what I'm capable of. Good and bad. It's very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn't mean tjat I don't know it's there. (Bono) — Bono

The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You know, on a long tour you do hear people saying they miss their pets. I never have. But last night I started really missing my dog. It's very odd, 'cause I don't have a dog. — 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

We can't fix all problems but we must fix the ones we can — Bono

The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well. — Bono

The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart. — Bono

Whenever I see grace, I’m moved. — Bono

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later — Bono

To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal, If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel. On your knees, boy... — Bono

Even though I'm a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back. — Bono

I'm a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I've been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness. — Bono

Life Lessons by Bono

1. Bono has taught us to be humble and generous with our time and resources, as he has used his fame to help those in need and speak out for social justice.
2. He has also shown us the importance of taking risks and following our passions, as he has pushed the boundaries of music and activism to make a difference in the world.
3. Finally, Bono has demonstrated the power of collaboration and teamwork, as he has worked with countless other musicians and activists to create meaningful change.