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World Quotes

Quotes on the world and our place in it.

These quotes look at the world from different angles - one traces a common phrase back to ancient religion, another describes feeling atomized after moving to a new city. A few recall novels depicting a world with tighter social fabric, where people actually knew each other. Related reading: Great Quotes.

I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that interprets my work and my world.

Quotes by Azzedine Alaia

As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing.

Quotes by Azzedine Alaia

I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people.

Quotes by Azzedine Alaia

When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.

Quotes by B. B. King

People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

Quotes by B. B. King

I'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands have been my living. My hands have been able to help me learn. My hands have taken me around the world. So...

Quotes by B. B. King

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.

Quotes by Avery Brundage

My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it as a story.

Quotes by Avi

Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you.

Quotes by Avi

I think well-read people - the world is open to them.

Quotes by Avi Arad

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

Quotes by Avicenna

House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.

Quotes by Avicii

Every place in the world where there are two peoples - two religions, two languages - there is friction and conflict.

Quotes by Avigdor Lieberman

'Chinese Democracy' wasn't trying to tell China to have a democracy or anything like that. I don't have an opinion on what kind of government they should have. My thing is, I went to stay there for about three months,...

Quotes by Axl Rose

I come from a world where the word 'trauma' doesn't exist, because we are too poor. I didn't have an easy life compared to the average European. But compared to the average African, it wasn't all that bad.

Quotes by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in an excited way to making work inside an industry and not feeling the constraints of...

Quotes by Ayad Akhtar

I see the American experience as being defined by the immigrant paradigm of rupture and renewal: rupture with the old world, the old ways, and renewal of the self in a bright but difficult New World.

Quotes by Ayad Akhtar

Rob loves my mum, I think the most in the whole world. They are two peas in a pod and I'm the one on the outside. It makes me even more in love with my husband and with my mum,...

Quotes by Ayda Field

Israel's Supreme Court is one of the best in the world, and I think that it should stay that way; I don't want to weaken it, I just want to change its approach.

Quotes by Ayelet Shaked

The Knesset is the parliament that passes the most laws in the world. It's a disaster for the business sector.

Quotes by Ayelet Shaked

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are gathered on the "World" page?
A thoughtful mix — from the surprising origin of the word "Amen" in Western prayer, to feeling that "our world was very atomized" after moving to a new city, to an obsession with novels like 'War and Peace' that portrayed a world with a strong social fabric.
Are these quotes optimistic or critical about the world?
Mostly reflective and a little critical — several point out something missing or changed, like a more connected past captured in old novels versus a more fragmented present. If you want something more upbeat about the world, Good quotes or Great quotes might suit better.
Is there a quote here about sports and the world?
Yes — one touches on being "world champions" in the context of how team-building has changed, showing how "world" can apply to competition and money as much as culture.
What connects these quotes to the idea of Life?
Many of them are really about how life feels within a larger world — connected or isolated, spiritual or fragmented. For a broader take on that same territory, see Life quotes.
What's the best way to use a "World" quote?
They work well when you want to make a bigger point — about connection, change, or how things used to be — rather than a quick personal caption. Pair one with a Best quote if you want to round out the message.

Sports also make an appearance, with a line about how money now decides world championships more than loyalty does. See also Best Quotes and Life Quotes.