U2 Quotes

“Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later”
― Bono

“In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.”
― Bono

“Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.”
― Bono, U2 by U2

“Where you live should not determine whether you live, or whether you die.”
― Bono

“At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.”
― Bono

“My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.”
― Bono

“Someone has likened prayer to being on a rough sea in a small boat with no oars. All you have is a rope that, somewhere in the distance, is attached to the port. With that rope you can pull yourself closer to God. Songs are my prayers.”
― Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

“People who know our music, they know who you are. They've been in the dark room, they know you better than your best friend, because you don't sing like that to your best friend, you don't sing in their ear.”
― Bono, Bono on Bono

“The moment of surrender is the moment you choose to lose control of your life, the split second of powerlessness where you trust that some kind of "higher power" better be in charge, because you certainly aren't.”
― Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

“I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long...
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long...
'cause tonight...we can be as one
Tonight...

Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall

Sunday, Bloody Sunday”
― U2

“Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience”
― Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

“the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power.”
― Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

“I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church.”
― Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

“U2 makes music for guys who have ears and can hear. But U2 makes concert imagery for guys who need visual stimulation to help push kidney stones through their urethras.”
― Jarod Kintz, Powdered Saxophone Music

“And she's like, you know, the 'Grace' in U2's song, the one that 'carries the world on her hips'.” - Diana Rigsby, M.D. Ph.D.”
― L.A. Kragie, Vampire Chimeras

“What you don’t have you don’t need it now. 
What you don’t know you can feel it somehow
. What you don’t have you don’t need it now
, don’t need it now
It was a beautiful day”
― U2

“There is no failure here sweetheart, just when you quit.”
― U2, Miracle Drug Sheet Music