World Quotes · Page 415

“One can't always be wise, can one, in a world like this?”

— Graham Greene

To be compassionate in this hurting world means it will cost you something.

— Wess Stafford

I consider myself a free man and a citizen of the world.

— Gerard Depardieu

The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.

— Natalie Goldberg

Pope Francis might turn out to be one of the most popular figures in the world today.

— Brian Kilmeade

When I said Iniesta was the world's best, you laughed. Now you can see I'm right.

— Samuel Eto'o

There are millions of people in the world, I have only played a few of them.

— Pankaj Kapur

Actually, the problem in the world is that there are too many rich people.

— Paul R. Ehrlich

Drag shows are one of my favorite things in the world. As a straight man I love going to gay bars. People…

— Steve Kazee

Maybe it took a little time, or we're a little late, but finally we're recognizing that international stars are fantastic. They're the…

— Rob Marshall

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of…

— Douglas Coupland

It is dangerously destabilizing to have half the world on the cutting edge of technology while the other half struggles on the…

— William J. Clinton

I deem as heroic those who have the harder task, face it unflinchingly and live. In this world women do that.

— James Salter

I loved New Jersey. I thought it was the greatest place in the world because on Halloween kids could start trick or…

— Joel McHale

Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But rudeness in retaliation for rudeness just…

— Judith Martin

The best thing to do is to find the type of play to make Italy win the World Cup, and maybe Baggio…

— Roberto Baggio

So long as man is capable of Prema, Dharma will exist, do not doubt it. When that Prema is fixed on the…

— Sathya Sai Baba

Home is where one starts from. As we grow older The world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicatied Of dead and living,…

— T. S. Eliot

Stupid National Anthem... Look at this flag; Two bears fighting over a pineapple. What kind of message does that send to the…

— Bill Bailey

Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by you…

— Nina Simone

So many of the new nations which were established as democracies after the second world war, during the decolonizing process, have now…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

We have had with Barack Obama some just amazing experiences traveling abroad, being able to introduce our children to the world… I'm…

— Michelle Obama

I don't have a list, really. I just want to fight guys that are highly respected by the fans, and I want…

— Jon Jones

An enlightened being comes into the world because they can help. They are off the wheel. They will experience different states of…

— Frederick Lenz

“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.”

— Idries Shah

The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.

— Louis Zamperini

The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent.

— Laura Schlessinger

The Champions League is the biggest trophy. Everybody in the world wants to win it.

— Patrice Evra

I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the (World) Series.

— Rickey Henderson

The worst loss in my career - the 2002 World Championship final against Peter Ebdon.

— Stephen Hendry

I think the world's always a better place if people are filled with understanding.

— Richard Dawkins

There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.

— Pope Francis

I am disabled because I live and work in a world that disables me.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

The world hasn't noticed, but R&B has shifted. It's changing course.

— BJ the Chicago Kid

Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate.

— Kurt Hahn

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

— Thomas Shadwell

“Do not waste time for that is equal to wasting life.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself.

— David R. Brower

I am so grateful for all the love and support I've had from people around the world.

— Katy Perry

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

— Theodore Bikel