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World Quotes


"The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray."


"There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning."


"Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear."


"There is no such things as "best" in the world of individuals."


"As they say, anything can happen in the World Wrestling Federation."


"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face."


"I'm the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head."


"One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good."


"We have the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world."


"A room is like a stage. If you see it without lighting, it can be the coldest place in the world."


"As we depend upon our masters, for what we eat and drink and wear, and for all our comfortable things in this world, we cannot be happy, unless we please them."


"I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely."



"I was from the bush, watching Greg Norman on TV, but it was a world away."


"Certainly it is a different world for players nowadays. But it depends on the individual."


"I have no distributor... it is indicative to me that there are these pockets of players and collectors all over. You should see the correspondence I get from over the world letting me know how significant they think I am. I know that wherever I go, I am well received."


"Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better and better and better at showing the ship too."



"I have one of the most beautiful places in the world in Orange County. That's a great place to live."



"Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken."


"Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes."


"What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet, Long live the weeds and the wildness yet."


"It is a dark, dark world. If you're going to be in a dark world, I can't think of any better one to be in. I still think I'm very lucky to be in it."



"I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist."


"I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually."



"This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper."


"But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing."



"I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front."


"We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world."


"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."


"But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobody's got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world."


"I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2."


"The other one I did was "I, Robot." I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world."


"I was an able-seaman, a deck hand. As I say, it's the way to see the world and get paid for it."


"My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll."


"I am not the world's greatest Negro violinist. I am the greatest violinist in the world!"


"The detached observer's view is one window on the world."



"The toughest part was doing it in front of the world and recognizing that you had gotten to a point where if you didn't do something you were going to die."


"In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound misunderstandings in the world."
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