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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 like cookery programmes: Anthony Bourdain going around the world eating stuff; Rick Stein - he's another favourite.

Quotes by Stephen Hendry

In China, they appreciate someone who has worked hard. They say it is incredible to win seven world championships. I know it is, but it's a shame I have to go 10,000 miles to get the whole crowd behind me.

Quotes by Stephen Hendry

Ever since I was a kid, I'd imagine that I was making a break to win the world championship.

Quotes by Stephen Hendry

I was into Jacques Cousteau as a kid and started scuba-diving around 14, which blew my mind. It was all colour, another world.

Quotes by Stephen Hillenburg

The essence of the show is that SpongeBob is an innocent in a world of jaded characters. The rest is absurd packaging.

Quotes by Stephen Hillenburg

I've always written - about music, art, things going on around the world. The danger is that it becomes too personal. I don't think people want it at that level of intimacy.

Quotes by Stephen Hough

It's so easy for all the success in the world to suddenly end, and I'm quite aware of that.

Quotes by Stephen Hough

I never feel so utterly fraudulent as when I review a movie whose charms impress all in the world and I simply do not get it. The other variant is that I love something the world disdains. This has had...

Quotes by Stephen Hunter

By my count, of the more than 600 English-language World War II movies made since 1940, only four have even acknowledged the humanity of the soldiers of Nippon. There may be a few I've missed, but not many.

Quotes by Stephen Hunter

I believe in three-act structure. When I say that to novel people, or people in the world of books, they go, 'Well, that's a film thing.' However, even a good joke has three acts.

Quotes by Stephen J. Cannell

If the world gets a lot hotter in a hurry and the primary aim is to cool it down, then the current plan of carbon mitigation will almost certainly not be effective. It'll be too little, too late, and too...

Quotes by Stephen J. Dubner

We're all biased, right, in many different ways - politically, religiously, ideologically, the way our family raised us - and that's fine. Nobody wants to live in a world where everybody thinks exactly the same. The key, though, is to...

Quotes by Stephen J. Dubner

The world is complicated. But does every problem require a complicated solution?

Quotes by Stephen J. Dubner

We pass through this world but once.

Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould

I'm one of the most insecure people in the world, always have been, and when you're a fat kid, you try to make the fat jokes before other people make them.

Quotes by Stephen Furst

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.

Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.

Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world.

Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.

Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

Stories need stupid decisions that, at the time, seem absolutely rational and necessary. Without stupid decisions, the world isn't thrown out of balance, and so there's no need for a 'rest of the story' to balance it back.

Quotes by Stephen Graham Jones

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.