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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 love the idea of writing these huge, bombastic characters; I'll stay in the superhero world as long as I can.

Quotes by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

I'm proud of everything that I've accomplished since I was a little boy. That was my dream - to be a ballplayer. I didn't dream to win so many Gold Gloves, or Silver Bats or play in All-Star Games or...

Quotes by Roberto Alomar

I believe that trade is essential for economic growth and development around the world, but I also believe that trade is imperfect.

Quotes by Roberto Azevedo

I wanted to score the winning goal in the 90th minute of the World Cup final.

Quotes by Roberto Baggio

The best thing to do is to find the type of play to make Italy win the World Cup, and maybe Baggio be the best player.

Quotes by Roberto Baggio

It is the dream of all the children of the world to play in the World Cup final.

Quotes by Roberto Baggio

Every day growing up, I had this dream about the World Cup: I score the winning goal. In the final minute. With my butt!

Quotes by Roberto Baggio

In Italy, the country where fascism was born, we have a particular relation with the Holocaust, but as a turning point in history it belongs to everybody in the world. It is a part of humanity.

Quotes by Roberto Benigni

New York is very provincial. They're very cut-off; they don't have an awareness of so much that is going on in the world.

Quotes by Robert Wilson

My tax dollar, which goes to New York State Council on the Arts, is by and large only spent to fund people from the state of New York! And you want to be the cultural capital of the world?

Quotes by Robert Wilson

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

Quotes by Robert Wilson Lynd

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world is very valuable.

Quotes by Robert Winston

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't particularly youth culture.

Quotes by Robert Wyatt

Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world: to me that's the ultimate nightmare. I want to get lost and diffused in the world.

Quotes by Robert Wyatt

I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that...

Quotes by Robert Zemeckis

I think that technological tools that filmmakers use to tell stories, in a perfect world, need to become invisible. When it's brand new and it's never been seen before and you're birthing this stuff, it's very much on people's minds.

Quotes by Robert Zemeckis

Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must 'modernize multilateralism.'

Quotes by Robert Zoellick

It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas.

Quotes by Robert Zoellick

Japan rose from the ashes of World War II as a 'trading state,' the model for export-led growth. It is not clear that the old export model of growth will be sustainable in a more 'balanced' global economy that does...

Quotes by Robert Zoellick

It is much harder for economies to prosper if they cannot sell to, buy from, invest with, and even transit their neighbors. Landlocked countries with failed or failing neighbors can lose access to the world economy.

Quotes by Robert Zoellick

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.