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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 sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.

Quotes by Pearl Bailey

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the...

Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.

Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.

Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman.' I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.

Quotes by Pauline Neville-Jones

Our work in Britain suggests that radicalization is driven by an ideology which claims that Muslims around the world are being oppressed and - and this is the key bit of the argument - which then legitimizes violence in their...

Quotes by Pauline Neville-Jones

The British security industry has the capacity to be a world leader and it should be our shared objective to achieve this.

Quotes by Pauline Neville-Jones

I am sorry to be leaving the BBC. I have enjoyed a fascinating seven years at the corporation and am particularly proud to have played a small part in the development of the BBC's Global News services, BBC World Service...

Quotes by Pauline Neville-Jones

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, 'There you are' and those who say, 'Here I am'

Quotes by Pauline Phillips

I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know...

Paulo Coelho

If I get annoyed because I'm not in the headlines and don't do well in training, I won't do well if I have to go in. I've to be prepared because the World Cup isn't easy.

Quotes by Paulo Dybala

I'm a forward, and I dream of a goal in the World Cup, pushing it, kicking it from outside the box, wherever. I dream of scoring at a World Cup.

Quotes by Paulo Dybala

Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept in its entirety, adopting instead a concept of women and men as conscious beings and consciousness as consciousness intent upon the world.

Quotes by Paulo Freire

When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.

Quotes by Pauly Shore

My mother was always in those films where it's the end of the world and a meteor's about to hit London; there's only six people left, and one of them's in purple underwear. That was always my mother, running from...

Quotes by Paula Yates

Sometimes, when it comes to multiple-weight world champions, they have so much skill that it eliminates the excitement out of the fights.

Quotes by Paulie Malignaggi

I started in a band called 'Timbiriche', we toured the world when I was 8; I have 23 albums.

Quotes by Paulina Rubio

Now, with all my world titles, I am very happy because I can say to all those people that what I chose to do was good for me.

Quotes by Pauline Ferrand-Prevot

When you win a world title, you are motivated to work.

Quotes by Pauline Ferrand-Prevot

We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions.

Quotes by Pauline Hanson

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.