Bono Quotes

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

Bono

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

YourselfPotentialFriendsViolence

Landmines are different from other conventional weapons. When a war is over, the landmines stay in the ground and continue to kill - for decades.

Jody Williams

WarOverGroundStayDifferent

I have to really enjoy someone's personality, not just their looks, before I'll kiss them.

Megan Fox

PersonalityKissSomeoneEnjoyLooks

But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.

Robert Sternberg

SchoolPeopleStupidThinkThought

I always approach film as a fan.

Michael Fassbender

AlwaysFilmFanApproach

I tend to go to the theater a lot. I've always loved it.

Sophie McShera

LovedGoAlwaysTheaterLotTend

It is a common assumption that a person's good works will get them into Heaven.

Monica Johnson

GoodHeavenPersonWillCommonGet

A novel is utterly your own creation, a very private process. I think of a novel as a noun and a screenplay as a verb. In a novel, very little needs to happen; you can explore a person's memories and thoughts and fantasies. In a screenplay, it's all action; you must push the story on.

Deborah Moggach

MemoriesThoughtsActionStoryThink

Stephen Fry is a master exponent of the English tongue. Some people might think that he is the most irritating man in Britain, but my wife and I love him all the same.

David Tang

LoveWifeManPeopleThinkTongue

I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot.

Christopher Parker

TheatreFreeStudentFringeDidLot

Women in general interest me. I like how women are more liable to talk about real things, personal things.

Chuck Close

WomenMePersonalTalkMoreReal

I'm probably not going to be popular with the fighters with this one, but my biggest problem is guys playing it safe. I understand it from a coach's standpoint and a manager's standpoint. I understand why you'd want to play it safe and want to win the fight, win every fight. I get it.

Chuck Liddell

FightWinProblemYouPlayManager

The whole time I was modeling, I had a place in Paris, and a place in New York, and I was really single.

Boris Kodjoe

TimeNew YorkPlaceParisNewWhole

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