Bono Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. 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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy.”

“It's not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. It's not an accident. That's a lot of air time, 2,100 mentions.”

“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.”

“Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.”

“As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of the ghetto, while rock is looking for a ghetto.”

“My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.”

“The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you.”