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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 am responsible for managing more schoolteachers' and firemen's money than anybody in the world. That's an enormous responsibility.

Quotes by Laurence D. Fink

I personally have said many times I'd be a hundred percent in equities. That fits my risk profile and my views of the world, though obviously it's not appropriate for everyone. Most investors need a more diversified portfolio.

Quotes by Laurence D. Fink

I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate all sorts of folks.

Quotes by Laurence Fishburne

I always want to read the script and know everything and at least understand the context of the world that you're in and why you're there and all that stuff. It's good to know something. I like to know, but...

Quotes by Laurence Fishburne

I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle, and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.

Quotes by Laurence Fox

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to it: I should only write letters to it, and that would be only a clumsy stage on the way to entire telepathy.

Quotes by Laurence Housman

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the greatest of all.

Quotes by Laurence Housman

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world.

Quotes by Laurence Housman

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

I can't think I've ever loved anybody quite as much... My mother was my life, really; she was my entire world.

Quotes by Laurence Olivier

That's what's so great, I get to play any character in the world. And I think that's one of the things that makes doing 'Comedy Bang Bang' or other improv podcasts so fun, as well as my own, is that...

Quotes by Lauren Lapkus

The film world feels like a smaller world than music.

Quotes by Lauren Mayberry

Margaret Thatcher was a lady. I suppose she was a woman in a man's world, but that's about the only nice thing I have to say.

Quotes by Lauren Mayberry

Ideas matter. The world matters. Our lives matter, and the choices we make as we navigate our lives perhaps matter most of all.

Quotes by Lauren Myracle

Kids need to see their world reflected back to them.

Quotes by Lauren Myracle

With 'Delirium,' I had to spend time thinking about the political, social and religious structure of a different world. But it was a fun challenge.

Quotes by Lauren Oliver

Finishing books - and leaving the world you've created - is always a kind of emotionally wrenching experience. I usually cry.

Quotes by Lauren Oliver

I get mail from people all over the world now from people who tell me that they didn't really understand Down syndrome, but because of me they have read about it and studied it and now they know a lot...

Quotes by Lauren Potter

Sure, there are moments that you can escape, and you can sit back and just enjoy it, but one of the most fun things about 'The Witcher' is that it reflects on our real world, in big thematic ways, in...

Quotes by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich

Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole.

Quotes by Lauren DeStefano

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.