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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 world has always gone forward when people have dared to have crazy ideas.

Quotes by Gioconda Belli

Novels give you the opportunity to create a whole world. Because you create people, you make them talk... You decide who they are, whether they live or die. It's the closest thing to feeling like a god that you can...

Quotes by Gioconda Belli

There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all humanity.

Quotes by Gioconda Belli

There is a descent from God through the world to animals, and an ascent from animals through the world to God. He is the highest point of the scale, pure act and active power, the purest light.

Quotes by Giordano Bruno

The soul of the world is in the whole world, and is everywhere so adapted to matter that, at each place, it produces the proper subject and causes the proper actions.

Quotes by Giordano Bruno

We see that pedantry has never been held in such esteem for the government of the world as in our times, and it offers as many paths of the true intelligible species and objects of infallible and sole truth as...

Quotes by Giordano Bruno

I think it would be stupid for us to try and tell people who are dancing in a discotheque about the problems of the world. That is the very thing they have come away to avoid.

Quotes by Giorgio Moroder

This unprecedented crisis, which is without doubt the worst since the second world war, is not over.

Quotes by Giorgio Napolitano

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

Quotes by Giotto di Bondone

The dream of every footballer and why we train and work is to reach the top, and a World Cup is the top.

Quotes by Giovani Dos Santos

For me, the best player in the world is Messi, but the second one is Cristiano.

Quotes by Giovani Dos Santos

A Brexit Britain that will navigate its way in the world without a moral compass.

Quotes by Gina Miller

It is of course one of the great joys of our country, a beacon of democracy that the world admires, that every citizen is equal under the law - even the prime minister - and no one, not even him,...

Quotes by Gina Miller

What has struck me about the political world, as opposed to the business world, is that rational discourse has become all but impossible. All too often, arguments are conducted not on the basis of facts but on the basis of...

Quotes by Gina Miller

When 'The Cosby Show' came out, and everyone was up in arms about 'The Cosby Show' and that it was reflecting a world that didn't exist - but I knew black doctors. And I knew black lawyers. And I knew...

Quotes by Gina Prince-Bythewood

The raw materials that Australia has in abundance will always be critical to world growth.

Quotes by Gina Rinehart

This industry is all about work, and just because Sundance exposed me to the world, it is my job to stay deserving in that world. The work never ends; the hustle just get harder, and you get stronger!

Quotes by Gina Rodriguez

I was a salsa dancer for the majority of my life, from, like, 7 to 17, and did the World Salsa Congresses. I realized that I wanted to continue obviously to be a performer. But in my household, being an...

Quotes by Gina Rodriguez

What I love about superheroes, and Superwoman in particular, is that in that comics world, they're all curvaceous. They're strong.

Quotes by Gina Torres

I want to make films with a broad scope; produced in Italy but looking at the world.

Quotes by Ginevra Elkann

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.