World Quotes
Islam, in the year 1978, was not the opium of the people precisely because it was the spirit of a world without spirit.
Michel FoucaultMichel Foucault He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston I used to think, ‘How can I die without seeing every inch of this world?
Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio You can do anything you want to do. This is your world.
Bob RossBob Ross I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
Bell HooksBell Hooks Everything else you see and experience in this world is effect, and that includes your feelings. The cause is always your thoughts.
Rhonda ByrneRhonda Byrne A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world.
John KeatsJohn Keats I dream a world… where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world!
Langston HughesLangston Hughes According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov Trust me when I say: Your commitment to love is crucial in the awakening of the world.
Gabrielle BernsteinGabrielle Bernstein If you want truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world, it will fly: it is as light as a feather, and a breath will carry it. It is well said in the old proverb, ‘a lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on’.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the hard way-that is, to learn from books rather than from direct, possibly painful, contact with the real world.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women’s clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager?
Jules VerneJules Verne History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad