Quotes by Bono

David was a star, the Elvis of the Bible. An unusually for such a rockstar with his lust for power, lust for women, lust for life, he had humility of one who knew his gift work harder than he ever would.

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 navel-gazer. Ive always thought you find yourself in other people. Im visiting here. I dont want to set up house.

Where you live should not determine whether you live, or whether you die.

The ones whose light will remain with me long after they have burnt out are the ones that had grace. Because its rare that the gift comes with grace. Some of the biggest arseholes Ive ever met are the most gifted. Because its pretty girl syndrome. Being gifted is like being born beautiful. You dont have to work a day in a year in your life for it. You were born with it. In one sense, its like blue blood, money, gift, or beauty. They are the things that should make you the most humble, because they are not the things you have earned. They are the things you were given. Yet, it is my experience that they male people the most spoiled. And the people who work the hardest, and who have overcome the most obstacles on their life, who have reason to beat their breasts are the most humble, sometimes. I cant get over that. its bewildering to me. To make it through success and still have manners, to still have curiosity, intellectual curiosity, to still have some grace, to keep your dignity, that is really... rare.

You see, at the center of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, or in physics; in physical laws every action is met by an equal or an opposite one. Its clear to me that Karma is at the very heart of the universe. Im absolutely sure of it. And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to upend all that as you reap, so you will sow stuff. Grace defies reason and logic. Love interrupts, if you like, the consequences of your actions, which in my case is very good news indeed, because Ive done a lot of stupid stuff. But Id be in big trouble if Karma was going to finally be my judge. Id be in deep s---. It doesnt excuse my mistakes, but Im holding out for Grace. Im holding out that Jesus took my sins onto the Cross, because I know who I am, and I hope I dont have to depend on my own religiosity

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.

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.

Belief and confusion are not mutually exclusive; I believe that belief gives you the direction in the confusion. But you dont see the full picture. Thats the point. Thats what faith is. You cant see it. It comes back to instinct. Faith is just up the street. Faith and instinct, you cant just rely on them. You have to beat them up. You have to pummel them to make sure they can withstand it, to make sure they can be trusted.

Religion to me almost like when God leaves – and people devise a set of rules to fill in the space.

Peace is the opposite of dreaming. It’s built slowly and surely through brutal compromises and tiny victories that you don’t even see. It’s a messy business, bringing peace into the world.

The reason I like the game chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but youre in charge of them. And its your ability to see into the future and the effects of the decisions youve made that males you either a good or not a good chess player. Its not luck.

The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. Thats 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. Its very odd, cause I dont have a dog.

The reason Im attracted to the light of Scripture is because theres another side of me that is dark. The reason I am interested in men of peace is because Im not like them and would like to be. Im not someone in real life who turns the other cheek.

On the phone, its about as intimate as it can get. The persons right in your ear. You got to be careful on the phone. You can leave yourself wide open

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

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.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

When people say, you know, Good teacher, Prophet, Really nice guy... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So youre left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that.