238 Quotes by Bono

But there is a difference between cozying up to power and being close to power.

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.

I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.

Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is.

At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.

Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people.

You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.

Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit.

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.