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. Bob Geldof More Quotes by Bob Geldof More Quotes From Bob Geldof When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing. Bob Geldof voice angel moving It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus. Bob Geldof environmental people world We're looking at the singular condition of poverty. All the other individual problems spring from that condition... doesn't matter if it's death, aid, trade, AIDS, famine, instability, governance, corruption or war. All of that is poverty. Our problem is that everybody tries to heal each of the individual aspects of poverty, not poverty itself. Bob Geldof spring trying war Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best Bob Geldof desperate mankind You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well. Bob Geldof rocks stars lying 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. Bob Geldof hug light giving There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks Bob Geldof support men children It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people. Bob Geldof politics simple people Rock & roll is instant coffee. Bob Geldof instant-coffee rocks coffee 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. Bob Geldof progress trying people Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans. Bob Geldof black It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it's not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on Bob Geldof understanding goes-on play Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich. Bob Geldof rock-and-roll rocks simple But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I've several friends just haven't made it by taking Prozac. Bob Geldof drug made thinking Divorce is a by-product of the fact that maybe the nuclear unit is gone. Bob Geldof divorce nuclear gone It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term "activism," which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. . . . We made giving exciting. Bob Geldof talking giving mean Playing live if the thing I love doing best Bob Geldof things-i-love ifs Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again. Bob Geldof christmas-time christmas world Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something you ride if you possibly can. Bob Geldof opposites depression thinking Tell me why...... I don't like Mondays. Bob Geldof monday
