This World Quotes

3125 quotes by 1827 authors

This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form… — Amelia Barr
It's great that I get accused of not being politically correct. People need to take themselves less seriously. This world is so screwed up as… — Michael Bay
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. — James M. Barrie
First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing,… — Saint Basil
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious,… — Charles Baudelaire
The consumerist culture insists that swearing eternal loyalty to anything and anybody is imprudent, since in this world new glittering opportunities crop up daily. — Zygmunt Bauman
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. — Joseph Addison
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. — Henry Ward Beecher
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government. — Henry Ward Beecher
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. — Henry Ward Beecher
The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it. — Rob Bell
At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do… — Robert Benchley
In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless. — Joe Biden
There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it. — Josh Billings
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit. — Josh Billings
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. — Josh Billings
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. — Josh Billings
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first… — Josh Billings
Many other countries in this world are in a difficult situation, and all the Thai people are probably worried about the fate of Thailand: whether… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction. — William Blake

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