I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2's audience.

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.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

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

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.

Surviving is a necessity. Living is an art.

No one can replace you to do what you are destined to do until you totally fail it and leave an empty gap that God will fill.

Before i knew the best part of my life had come ,it had gone.

My best creation is my children.

Canadian winters are long. Life is hard and so is ice.

I have a bag full of stuff that I give to people when they come to my house.

I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing at three and had my first music teacher at five.

You," she managed to say hoarsely," are a very bad kitty cat.

It's unlikely that you were a frog in a past life.