Bono Quotes

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.

Bono

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 10, 1960

Topics

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I love candlelit dinners.

Matthew Morrison

LoveDinnersI Love

American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It's never really caught on in the UK, probably because the last time we had a hot, sunny day was back in 1957.

Tom Holt

TimeDayTeaPerfectBackNever

I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.

Robert Downey, Jr.

MeThingsKeepDynamicGuessIssue

When I say I do, the justice of the peace replies, 'I know, I know...'

Mickey Rooney

JusticePeaceKnowSay

Momma was the important woman in our home. She never let me forget that she was boss. I was always in the shadow. Every time I tried to step out on my own, I was in trouble with her.

Jayne Mansfield

HomeTimeWomanShadowBossStep

With all the outlets, if you have a strong comedic voice, there's a venue to do your thing. It's a bit of a meritocracy, where the best stuff rises to the top.

Jonathan Krisel

BestVoiceStrongYouTopWhere

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

Booth Tarkington

LifeTimeWaitingLivingBoyLast

I called up and said, 'Dad, I won a MacArthur.' My father goes: 'I always thought your sister would win that,' and I said, 'Dad, just say congratulations and keep your private thoughts private.' At that point he laughed, then burst into tears, and it was obvious that he was so happy and proud.

Bonnie Bassler

FatherHappyThoughtsSisterWin

For someone like me who's lived in the same place her whole life - I mean, I lived three blocks from where I was born, and I met my future husband in the eighth grade - there are always family stories and legends passed down.

Susan Straight

LifeFamilyFutureMeHusbandDown

A gray flannel suit by Thom Browne or Tom Ford can be worn a billion ways. I'll wear a gray flannel jacket with a white shirt, gray flannel tie, beat-up fatigues, and a dress shoe or Carpe Diem boots.

Nick Wooster

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If instead of completely focusing on what you are doing, you are racing ahead to something shinier or to the next best thing, you will not develop excellence.

Mark Goulston

BestExcellenceRacingDoingYou

The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day.

Marie Windsor

DayMeAnimalsWayVeryWere

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