My World Quotes

In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.

Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends in disaster.

Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.

For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.

Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.

O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!

O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults, looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year!

So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.

But I remember now I am in this earthly world, where to do harm Is often laudable, to do good sometime Accounted dangerous folly.

I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.

I 'gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish th' estate o' th' world were now undone.

Lady, you are the cruel'st she alive If you will lead these graces to the grave And leave the world no copy.

You have too much respect upon the world; They lose it that do buy it with much care

Twas never merry world Since lowly feigning was called compliment.

No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell.

A time, methinks, too short To make a world-without-end bargain in.

Value dwells not in particular will; It holds his estimate and dignity As well wherein 'tis precious of itself As in the prizer.

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

O the world is but a word; were it all yours to give it in a breath, how quickly were it gone!

And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world! Crack nature's moulds, all germens spill at once That makes ingrateful man!

So, the world happens twice-- once what we see it as; second it legends itself deep, the way it is.

You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone... The whole wide world pours down.

I fear I shall never be...good for anything in this world, but composing airs, building towers, forming gardens, collecting old Japan, and writing a journey to China or the Moon.

I was born on a tiny cot in southwestern Massachusetts during World War II. A sickly child, I turned to photography to overcome my loneliness and isolation.

The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.

For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury.

The world, with all its beauty and adventure, its richness and variety, is darkened by cruelty. Death, if it ends the loveliness, the adventure, ends also that. Death balances the picture.

Perfect solutions of our difficulties are not to be looked for in an imperfect world.

[Should Britain fail, then the entire world would] sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister ... by the lights of perverted science.

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.

The way I see it, Messi is the best player in history. He is the one who changes the course of games; he's the best. There is no comparison in my view; he's the world number one and by a margin.

Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.

This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.

I consider Ronald Reagan one of the greatest U.S. presidents since the World War II because of his staunch resistance to Communism and his efforts to defend human rights.

The world is kept alive only by heretics.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

Similarity is stasis; difference is motion. And if the two happen to exist in dynamic equilibrium, everything is right in the world.

The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.

One year of the world’s military spending equals 700 years of the U.N. budget and equals 2,928 years of the U.N. budget allocated for women.

Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world.

A great deal of world politics is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that has to be waged intelligently.

New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.

Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.

The perfect life: to live in a world of peace in a lake district where the magistrate is good and honest, and to have an understanding wife and bright children.

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

I wouldn't mind doing more in the kid's world because I think that might be just where I can be most useful to society, to the planet, if I can speak to children.