- Good Thing
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people suffer at the hands of others. The world can be unfair, at times mercilessly so. Millions of people in the world are genuine victims, right now. All of us will be at some point, whether it's for small matters or large, for a long duration or short. But we aren't all victims, not all the time anyway, not for everything.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started off as a rapper from Thunder Bay, Ontario, believe it or not. There was a little group of 10 or 12 of us that would get together and copy each other's cassettes. So I was a rapper first, and it was that music that got me into this great entertainment world and got me out of Thunder Bay.
- Nov 07, 2020
Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What other people are adapting from the comics medium, I watch with as much interest as I do any other movies. Because I'm a fan, and I want to see what other people are doing in the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say invisibility would be sort of a fun power to have just to see what it was like to move through the world and not be looked at.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Limerick city, and I used to cover the district court meetings. All of life passed through the Limerick courthouse. Misery, malevolence, the dark side of humanity... I tell ya, it made 'Angela's Ashes' look like 'The Wonderful World of Disney.'
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our focus is on ensuring America has the strongest economy in the world for the next 100 years and to do that, we need to get to the role of the Federal Reserve and we need to get it right.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world has changed. It's not enough to simply buy American; we have to sell American, sell our products and goods and services throughout this world.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The moment I'm interested in, the moment I'm working toward in these stories, is when the familiar world seems strange.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can be involved in media, and you can be involved in all the handbag hurling that goes along with it, and it's a different world.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Perth. It is my home, and no matter where I am in the world, Perth is where my heart is.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020