Flying or falling, it's up to us.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Memory is each man's own last measure, and for some, the only achievement.

Sometimes when you are falling down, you grow wings to fly.

The foundations of civilization are no stronger and no more enduring than the corporate integrity of the homes on which they rest. If the home deteriorates, civilization will crumble and fall.

U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.

If you are the light, if your enemies are darkness, then there’s nothing that you cannot justify. There’s nothing you can’t survive, because there’s nothing that you will not do.

You don't want to be hard to look at. Plain very good, hard to look at bad. The plain shall inherit the earth; time is our friend.

Never be disagreeable just because you disagree.

A singer is someone who puts out an album. That's a very generous description.

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.

Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive.