Friday, May 30, 2025

"More yet!" lol

 


missed a few quotes from:




as I was just trying to get a point across.

These are much more generalized snippets
from that interview
as I am not trying to make that point here 
any more,
its already been made previous.
:-) :-) :-).


 “I believe the old adage that if you give Americans the facts,
 that they will make the right choice. 
Problem is getting them the facts, especially right now.”

(Its not just America, its the world
and the question really is

Do you understand why that is?

Because its a pretty simple answer:

Matthew 24:3-4

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, 

Tell us, when shall these things be? 
and
 what shall be 
THE SIGN 
of thy coming, 
and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, 
Take heed that no man deceive you.)


“I’ve got to believe that freedom is more fun,” he says. “You see these people—they don’t look like they’re having any fun.
 
You need that anarchic spirit 
to change the world. 
Pot-smoking, opinionated, 
fun, adventurous people 

like Steve Jobs. Einstein sticking his tongue out. You don’t get that in autocracy. We’ve got to bring freedom with us, everywhere we go.”

(Really?
Never knew :-).
Thats sarcasm BTW)


 “If I was doing all that again, 
I would be more open to the idea of the divine 
in everything.”

(He created it all,
even the things we dont like
he created them as well
to serve his purpose.

Colossians 1:16-17

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.)


“It’s a beautiful idea, 
when you start to see a walk in the park 
as a kind of cathedral,”

("Creation alone
is good enough
for condemnation."
My favorite evangelist says :-).
And he is right.
It is a theme
that runs through 
the entire bible.)


“Of course,” he adds, 
“it’s also important to note 
that a tree can also just be a tree. 
It doesn’t have to be a lesson in Latin.”

(I just love it,

the humor of it all :-)


"It’s a curious thing, who survives the music industry and who doesn’t. Bono credits this sort of thinking—faith in the divine in everything, faith in Jesus Christ—for what has pulled him through."


(Everybody can hate him if they want to

but I love a ton of their music

and I admire him for being vocal about

"faith in Jesus Christ—

for what has pulled him through"

Me and a lot of others as well my brother,

us and a lot of others.


Revelation 3:20 

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 

If anyone hears my voice 

and opens the door, 

I will come in to him 

and eat with him, and he with me.


He simply doesnt turn anyone away.)


He also has his wife of forty-two years: 

“I have a partner 

who is just wisdom.”


(Me too brother, me too :-)

Here soon anyway.)


And one very good lesson

 from Chrissie Hynde


“I remember her saying, 

 ‘Hey, let’s not die stupid,’

he says. 

“ ‘Not in a swimming pool, 

choking on your own vomit..."


(Motto for our times:

‘Hey, let’s not die stupid,’ ”

I would add:

"Or willfully ignorant"

about what is going on 

in our world and why.


You wanna die ignorant?

You just go on right ahead.)


"They take comfort in the fact that 

Dublin does not bend around them. 

That the chances a neighbor 

loves or hates U2 

feel evenly split 

and where, 

as a culture, 

“being wealthy 

does not make you interesting.”


(Sounds like heaven

a culture where:

“being wealthy 

does not make you 

interesting.”)


"Bono met Ali 

(His wife)

the same week he met U2. 

All this time later, 

he remains stunned by his luck. 

“How absurd that I fell in love with her

 the moment I saw her?” 

he says.


(Same her brother,

same here.)


"He gives Ali most of the credit for how everyone (of his kids) turned out, but it’s clear what pride he takes in the fact that they are guided by the same north star as he is: 

“All of them gather around a prayer, 

and the prayer is to be useful,” 

he says."


"Referencing the earlier collection, he says, 

“The most important line on that album is 

‘I’m not afraid of anything in this world 

There’s nothing you can throw at me 

that I haven’t already heard.’ ”


(Funny

I always thought so too.


Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Lyrics


"I'm not afraid

Of anything in this world

There's nothing you can throw at me

That I haven't already heard"



"...those who escape hell, however,

never talk about it

& nothing much bothers them after that.

I mean, things like missing a meal,

going to jail, wrecking your car,

or even the idea of death itself.

when you ask them,

“how are things?”

they’ll always answer, 

“fine, just fine…”


Charles Bukowski)



 "I still think that we can create a soundtrack 

for people who want to take on the world.”


Kinda remided me of:


"You need that anarchic spirit 

to change the world. 

Pot-smoking, opinionated, 

fun, adventurous people"


a lil bit,

yup.


Amen.


And? 

Yall most certainly have:


"create(d) a soundtrack 

for people who want 

to take on the world"


I hope it continues.




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