Bono Quotes

But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross.

~ Bono

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

Mandela's heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities.

~ Bono

The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads. Of course they are right to press for that issue, but so are we right, I believe, to argue, for example, that millions of children could and should be vaccinated.

~ Bono

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.

~ Bono

The job of art is to chase ugliness away.

~ Bono

Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.

~ Bono

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

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

~ Bono

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

~ Bono