- 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
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?
- Credit Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two-thirds of the world's population is unbanked or underbanked. Imagine if you had all your bank accounts shut down today, if you had all your credit cards shut off today, Paypal, Venmo, etc. What would life be like? And that's a problem that most of the world faces if you're in Latin America, Africa or South East Asia.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every smart person that I admire in the world, and those I semi-fear, is focused on this concept of crypto for a reason. They understand that this is the driving force of the fourth industrial revolution: steam engine, electricity, then the microchip - blockchain and crypto is the fourth.
- View
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a very pessimistic view that every win takes you closer to a loss because no-one in the world can keep on winning forever.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I normally fly under the radar, and I'm normally not the best in my family, even though I'm sort of second or third best in the world.
- Reporting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm reporting on a world at war.
- Alone
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- Nov 07, 2020
When President Ashraf Ghani gave his 2014 inaugural speech at the presidential palace, he choked up thanking his wife for her support and announced that she would take on a public role. That a male leader in Afghanistan would thank his spouse - let alone go on to promote her work and appear with her publicly - made news around the world.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that the 21st century will be feminine, that it's women who will, perhaps, find a way out for this world.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really into fashion, and there's this fascination the world over around this idea of the French woman.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've lost bags all over the world and had cases end up in London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Miami.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I am the first female celebrity in the world who has allowed herself to be filmed like that in an operating theatre.
- Boxers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ali vs. Stevenson would have served as a symbolic battle between the United States and Cuba, capitalism and communism: Castro's values instilled in his boxers pitted against the values of 'merchandise' boxers from the rest of the world.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my baby more than anything. He's like a Gerber baby. He's the cutest baby in the whole world.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a battle to be seen in the world of advertisers and in the world of business as a serious force.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020