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World Quotes - Page 266

Ultimately there is no happiness in a world in which things are not as good as they can be.

Eric Gill, Christopher Skelton (1993). “An Essay on Typography”, p.116, David R. Godine Publisher

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

"A Wry Survivor, Elaine Stritch Returns to Film" by Leslie Bennetts, www.nytimes.com. December 21, 1987.

God shapes the world by prayer.

Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.3, CCEL

There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.

"A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal". Book by Edward Abbey (Chapter 11 "Money Et Cetera", p. 100), 1989.

The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.

"Fictional character: Aunt Ida". "Female Trouble", www.imdb.com. 1974.

The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty.

Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, delivered 16 April 1953, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world.

Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.1027, Penguin