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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross. ↗

— Bono

#across #awe #christ #combination #cross

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition. ↗

— Bono

#end #in the end #kills #off #stasis

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' ↗

— Lao Tzu

#did #good #good leader #great #leader

The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this. ↗

— Bono

#africa #continent #disease #extreme #extreme poverty

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away. ↗

— Bono

#actually #away #because #enough #forgotten

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

— Bono

#know #like #listened #mad #me

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

— Bono

#character #i #i am #little #recognize

So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality. ↗

— Bono

#africa #dignity #equality #facing #here

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. ↗

— Bono

#ghetto #great #great moments #moments #music

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters. ↗

— Jan de Bont

#characters #feel #i #i think #lot