Bono
Bono
Paul David Hewson, known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Alison Stewart, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, frequently using religious, social, and political themes. During U2's early years, his lyrics contributed to...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth10 May 1960
CityGlasnevin, Ireland
CountryIreland
I used to think that one day I'd be able to resolve the different drives I have in different directions, the tensions between the different people I am. Now I realize that is who I am. I do feel I'm getting closer to the song in my head. I wasn't looking for grace. But luckily grace was looking for me.
People should realize we're jerks just like them.
Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future
Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.
If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.
Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.
If you never change your mind, why have one?