Bono (Paul David Hewson) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
-
In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
-
I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
-
Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
-
The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
-
Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
-
I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.
-
I envy those who can wear red lipstick or any bold lip colour, really. My top lip just doesn't seem to take colour - there's nothing I can do to change that, so I usually just use a nude on the bottom lip.
-
I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
-
At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.
-
I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
-
I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
-
The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
-
I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
-
When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
-
I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
-
I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
-
It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.
-
My biggest fear is fear itself. I never want to be afraid of doing something I want.
-
Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.
-
While it can feel unfair to have to make a career decision because of a morally deficient boss, doing so can sometimes lead you in the right direction, if a bit faster than you otherwise would have preferred.
-
It's weird, sometimes I still see myself as just starting out. I tend to forget how much I've been doing, but in the beginning it is about the hustle, being out there and doing the work. Nothing is going to come to you, you have to get out there and do the work, and I've been doing that. But sometimes it's good to take a break and let these things air out. Reflect and take it in.
-
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
