“Bono as we all know, is in love with the world, he's enamoured by it. I'm enraged by it. He wants to give the world a great big hug, I want to punch its lights out.” KnowsWorldWantGivingBigsLightHug Author:Bob Geldof
“I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.” PeopleThinkingWorldPoorOrganizationTradeInternationalFundPoor PeopleMonetaryWorld TradeWorld BankWorld Trade Organization Author:Bob Geldof
“It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.” PeopleWorldWantDiesEnvironmentalStrikesAbsurdStewardshipSurplus Author:Bob Geldof
“Blair has called Africa 'a scar on our conscience'. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world's soul.” WorldSoulConscienceWoundsScarBlair Author:Bob Geldof
“Human progress depends on unreasonable people. Reasonable people accept the world as they meet it; unreasonable people persist in trying to change it. Well, I'm Bob and I'm an unreasonable person. And if TED is anything, it is the olympics of unreasonable people.” PeopleIfsWorldTryingHumansWellsPersonsAcceptingProgressDependsReasonableBobOlympicsPersistUnreasonableHuman ProgressTrying To Change Author:Bob Geldof
“Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching.” PeopleWorldNeedsMillionsRocksHappeningsAround The WorldShockMeant To BeRock N RollGet Over Author:Bob Geldof
“It's a tragedy that modernity has released this Ebola beast into the world. It renders humans untouchable, and that's sickening. The international response so far has been scandalous. China has delivered f**k all.” WorldHumansHas BeensTragedyResponseInternationalChinaBeastModernityEbolaUntouchablesScandalous Author:Bob Geldof
“Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.” KnowsWorldChristmasChristmas Time Author:Bob Geldof
