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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 fact is, as we leave the EU, Britain will be able to choose its own immigration system rather than having free movement with one part of the world and a managed system with elsewhere.

Quotes by Matt Hancock

Be bold - there's enough Neville Chamberlains in the world; be a Winston Churchill, for crying out loud!

Quotes by Matt Bevin

I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.

Quotes by Matt Bomer

'Xyle XY' follows this boy who is like a newborn to the world - everything he sees and experiences is for the first time. He travels into the city and ends up getting put up by this foster family.

Quotes by Matt Dallas

Once this key conflict is eased, it will have a huge impact on the world. It will take time to find a solution. It's similar to the situation between East and the West at the time of my flight.

Quotes by Mathias Rust

I don't partake, really, of any of the typical rock-star-lifestyle things you could think of. I try to be responsible when I'm out on the road. I take it pretty seriously, what I'm doing, as something that's good for the...

Quotes by Matisyahu

The Jewish world is becoming fully integrated with the ideas of the normal world. They feed off each other.

Quotes by Matisyahu

Harlem World' is all about me doing my thing.

Quotes by Mase

What I have inside of me is more powerful than anything the world could ever offer me.

Quotes by Mase

I think that when you emigrate, when everything you took for granted disappears, it's a kind of loss of innocence. When you're a kid, the world as you know it is just there. Suddenly, you emigrate and that's no longer...

Quotes by Masha Gessen

At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony.

Quotes by Masi Oka

Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

We should all learn from Ronaldo, and I, too, have learned, because it's not everyone who gets to work with the best player in the world.

Quotes by Massimiliano Allegri

No one will ever know what I went through to secure those negatives. The world can never appreciate it. It changed the whole course of my life.

Quotes by Mathew Brady

You can't equate me with Joe Jackson. I've never hit my kid, I'm educated, I understand the business world.

Quotes by Mathew Knowles

French girls, especially those from Montreal, are known to be the most beautiful women in the world.

Quotes by Maryse Mizanin

I don't look at myself as one of the best pitchers in the world.

Quotes by Masahiro Tanaka

As we kill nature, we are killing ourselves, and God incarnate as the world as well.

Quotes by Masanobu Fukuoka

In the western world, you can go out, take a boat trip to the Caribbean and so forth, and buy good things with your own money. But the Russian people with rubles cannot do that.

Quotes by Masatoshi Koshiba

All human beings are the same. In the United States, people come from all over the world, all races, all backgrounds. And they're all doing what they want, many scoring huge successes. When I saw that, I became more open....

Quotes by Masayoshi Son

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.