#you

Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die. ↗

— Bono

#baby #blow #day #die #ethiopia

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

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time. ↗

— Bono

#find #god #hard #i #kids

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. ↗

— Bono

#anything #could #dad #i #made

The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you. ↗

— Bono

#french #into #notice #themselves #you

There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#birth #body #brain #complicated #defect

If you never change your mind, why have one? ↗

— Edward de Bono

#mind #never #why #you #your

I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#any #being #danger #dependent #i

To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#find #growth #little #lucky #mad

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records. ↗

— Sonny Bono

#got #i #instrument #me #people