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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.

The OIC has a huge responsibility and a great opportunity to lift humanity to a higher level of peace and prosperity and to make this planet a better place, not just for your people but for rest of the world.

Quotes by Sushma Swaraj

India believes that the world is a family, and the best means of resolution is shared discourse. A family is shaped by love and is not transactional; a family is nurtured by consideration, not greed; a family believes in harmony...

Quotes by Sushma Swaraj

If we have to save the world from the adverse effects of climate change, then developed nations must lift the deprived with financial and technical resources.

Quotes by Sushma Swaraj

The world's biggest challenge comes from the threats of climate change and terrorism. In India's case, terrorism is not bred in some faraway land but from across our border.

Quotes by Sushma Swaraj

Every racing driver in the world dreams of making it to F1, there's only 22 spots on the grid.

Quotes by Susie Wolff

If there's 10,000 little boys racing around the world and there's only 10 girls, best case 100, the numbers are stacked massively against us. If you don't increase the talent pool of young girls, you're not going to get the...

Quotes by Susie Wolff

I never really thought about being a woman in a man's world. Then at the World Championships in 2000 I finished 15th. I was called on to the podium just for being a woman, and I realised things were going...

Quotes by Susie Wolff

Motorsport has always been my passion, and speaking about being a female in a man's world is part of my responsibility.

Quotes by Susie Wolff

I think there's nobody closer in the world than your own husband. And we are very passionate about what we do, very competitive.

Quotes by Susie Wolff

Independent of what is happening around you in the outside world, humans constantly have internal activity in the brain.

Quotes by Susumu Tonegawa

I'd had the theater background for so long that I know that world inside out; I just didn't know the pace of how a TV set works, like how a show shoots.

Quotes by Sutton Foster

I really do believe that youth comes from how you look at the world.

Quotes by Sutton Foster

The world of womens' prisons is indeed a microcosm.

Quotes by Susanna Moore

While I was writing 'The Big Girls,' I had to take a big breath each morning and calm myself sufficiently to once again enter that world. But friends tell me that it is the only thing that really interests me....

Quotes by Susanna Moore

In the world of online invitations, nothing is sacred. People will invite all 500 of their 'closest' friends to their birthday party - and 485 of those people will RSVP 'yes' without intending to show up.

Quotes by Susannah Cahalan

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

Quotes by Susanne Langer

It seems extraordinary to have waited so long into one's life to have found the part that actually uses your basic rhythm. And I think that's always sort of what actors connect up with - their own sort of world.

Quotes by Susan Sullivan

The gift art gives us is that instead of seeing only our own world, we see into other times, which offers a window into other cultures and sensibilities.

Quotes by Susan Vreeland

There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing.

Quotes by Susan Vreeland

After one hundred days of confinement following a bone marrow transplant, I rejoiced in taking short walks to a nearby park as I was writing 'Girl in Hyacinth Blue.' The uncertainty of my survival made every blade of grass gorgeous...

Quotes by Susan Vreeland

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.