First World Quotes

89 quotes by 84 authors

The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in… — Emily Greene Balch
I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first… — Javier Bardem
Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent. — Anthony Bourdain
Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the… — H. Rap Brown
They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy… — Sparky Anderson
The first world is going to have to account for this sort of horrible poverty in our midst. We have to, first of all, become… — Martin Sheen
I strongly believe that a small Jewish clique which has contempt for the mass of Jewish people worked with non-Jews to create the First World… — David Icke
American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were… — Colin Ward
The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages,… — Bill Gates
In The Care and Management of Lies the wonderfully talented Winspear writes irresistibly about the First World War, both in the trenches of France and… — Margot Livesey
The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim fathers and Americans… — Lucy Worsley
Before the first World War women were arrested for smoking cigarettes in public, for using profanity, for appearing on beaches without stockings, for driving automobiles… — Geoffrey Perret
The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions - but… — Edmond Taylor
South Africa is such a fraught place to live. The anxiety about crime, the crunching on racial eggshells, the juxtaposition of First World materialism with… — Rory Carroll
The question we Americans need to address, before it is answered for us, is: Does this First World nation wish to become a Third World… — Pat Buchanan
This is a critical time for the industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places â€” as technology evolves and… — Satya Nadella
The Third World is very much like the First World - just poorer: what works for the West will work for the rest as well. — Margaret Thatcher
There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world war in the full sense of… — Ernst Haeckel
As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too… — Jodi Picoult
Its unbelievable, I cant even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is… — Lance Berkman

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