--- title: "1 Universe Maybe Quotes By Bob Geldof" description: "1 Universe Maybe quotes by Bob Geldof. Plus more from Bob Geldof and more Universe Maybe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/bob-geldof-12122_average_because-we-can-t-comprehend-it-and-that_2677417.jpg" --- > [Because we can't comprehend it, and that's what allows us to do it again. And it is the normal, it's the average person that can do this. Again, in an imaginary other universe, maybe we'd have done it. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/because-we-can-t-comprehend-it-and-that-s-what-allows-us-to-do-it/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/bob-geldof-12122_average_because-we-can-t-comprehend-it-and-that_2677417.jpg) ## More by Bob Geldof > [Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/physically-i-m-tired-at-the-end-of-the-day-and-quite-glad-to-be/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [Playing live if the thing I love doing best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/playing-live-if-the-thing-i-love-doing-best/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/feed-the-world-let-them-know-it-s-christmas-time-again/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/it-s-like-you-asked-me-about-the-depression-thing-you-grope-towards/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of the courts, what they're left with is dressing up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/men-who-are-not-given-any-voice-in-this-because-of-the-secret-nature/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/and-part-of-that-is-what-is-the-point-of-having-children-if-you-don-t/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [Tell me why… I don't like Mondays...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/tell-me-why-i-don-t-like-mondays/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/music-is-what-i-must-do-business-is-what-i-need-to-do-and-politics-is/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/we-re-looking-at-the-singular-condition-of-poverty-all-the-other/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/so-when-i-got-to-50-i-just-thought-hold-on-i-m-thin-i-ve-got-my-hair/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/you-cannot-even-begin-to-understand-contemporary-african-politics-if/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/i-was-really-lucky-that-i-came-to-puberty-at-a-time-when-music-and/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [Music can't change the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/music-can-t-change-the-world/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/mankind-at-its-most-desperate-is-often-at-its-best/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) > [When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/when-michael-jackson-sings-it-is-with-the-voice-of-angels-and-when/) [Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-maybe/bob-geldof/#itemlist", "name": "1 Universe Maybe Quotes By Bob Geldof", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because we can't comprehend it, and that's what allows us to do it again. 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