- Better Place
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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
- Conclude
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- Nov 07, 2020
I urge Congress to quickly take up and pass trade promotion authority so we can conclude a TPP agreement. Our position in the world depends on it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I still feel like I haven't scratched the surface of where I want to be. If someone asked me for an autograph, I'd be like, 'Me? I haven't done anything yet !' I have much more to offer the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just trying to touch the world and touch the people and just get good material. And show them that we can get it done. Just because you're African American, you still can touch the masses. And that's my goal. I won't stop until that goal is continued to push it hard to the world that we are the universal person as well.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember seeing the first episode of '24' when I was 13, and to be that face for a 13-year-old and open up that possibility, it shows you the world isn't on fire. There's possibility there.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
America does not always need to be the world's bodyguard.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny; I'm in some ways hopelessly masculine, but I don't fish, I don't hunt, I'm not that into sports. I can't fix a car. I think it's my point of view and the way I see the world.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Pussy Riot is amazing. I'm honored that they were inspired by riot grrl, and obviously they're making history around the world.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel really privileged that I've been able to be an activist and a musician for over 20 years now, and I've always been able to say whatever I want. I think that's something we Americans really take for granted, but it's a big deal, and it's not something most people in the world are able to do.
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the eighteenth century, it was ladies and gentlemen and swings in a garden; today, it may be Campbell's soup cans or highway signs. There is no real difference. The artist still takes his everyday world and tries to make something out of it.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congo, my country, has the largest forest in Africa, maybe the second-largest in the world. I was born in a forest area, and when I was growing up, I assisted my uncle, who was a poacher. That was good, because it grew my passion for protecting the forest and plants.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020