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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'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military.

Quotes by Pilou Asbaek

Trump starts out by saying, 'We need to build walls; we need to do this.' He's very bombastic in what he's saying and his approach to the world.

Quotes by Pilou Asbaek

I have traveled a lot in the world, and wherever Islam is in charge, it's just terrible.

Quotes by Pim Fortuyn

The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before.

Quotes by Pierre Salinger

Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages, or the 17th and 18th centuries, in that we have the atomic menace.

Quotes by Pierre Schaeffer

The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.

Quotes by Pierre Schaeffer

The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous.

Quotes by Pierre Schaeffer

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business...

Quotes by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

My view is that climate changes have happened in the last 80 years, that is, the world has got a little bit warmer, although not as warm as it has been in Medieval times, or the Bronze Age.

Quotes by Piers Corbyn

The weather records of the U.S.A. are the best kept and most accessible in the world, thanks to consistent government/military taxpayer support. There are longer European data sets, but the U.S.A. data is enough to forecast major extreme events.

Quotes by Piers Corbyn

I want to interview the most important people in the world and have everyone in America the next day going, 'Did you see that?'

Quotes by Piers Morgan

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.

Quotes by Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

Quotes by Pierre de Coubertin

I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world.

Quotes by Pierre de Fermat

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her.

Quotes by Pierre Laval

The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands.

Quotes by Pierre Loti

Without question, intelligent technologies will continue to disrupt the world as we know it. There will be profound implications, both positive and negative.

Quotes by Pierre Nanterme

We know from our business with clients around the world that when companies bring together people of different genders, races, cultures, and perspectives, we are smarter, more creative, more innovative, and more relevant.

Quotes by Pierre Nanterme

I want our future leaders to know what's possible and to be part of a world where diversity and gender equality aren't special programs but the natural way of operating.

Quotes by Pierre Nanterme

The world has always been uncertain. This is the nature of the world.

Quotes by Pierre Nanterme

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.