- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
World Quotes
Quotes on the world and our place in it.
These quotes look at the world from different angles - one traces a common phrase back to ancient religion, another describes feeling atomized after moving to a new city. A few recall novels depicting a world with tighter social fabric, where people actually knew each other. Related reading: Great Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of noise in the world, and the Internet magnifies that energy.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a good relationship with the world. But I don't know what the trick is to maintaining it.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't granted the opportunity to fight some of the best guys in the world. And that was something that was not on my end by any sense of the imagination.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to go and fight the best guys in the world and show people I'm the best. And hey, if something doesn't go my way - I don't think that's gonna happen. I realize that's a possibility in competition, and that's what happens.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm the best in the world at 170 pounds, so why would I need to go down? If, at some point, I beat everyone at 170, I'd consider going up. If I've eliminated all my challenges, yeah, at that point I would consider going up.
- Motivation
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- Nov 07, 2020
My main motivation is to prove I'm No. 1 in the world.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're fighting to be ourselves in a world that's trying to make us like everyone else.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Studying music in a conservatory would be stifling for me, although I respect people who can do it. And by no means am I an expert at notating music or music theory - that's not really my world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
But, at the end of the day, you live in the world with billions of people, and everyone has a unique upbringing and experience.
- Dividing
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- Nov 07, 2020