World Quotes - Page 449

To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism.

I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks.

More trouble is caused in this world by indiscreet answers than by indiscreet questions.

Living most of the time in a world created mostly in one's head, does not make for an easy passage in the real world.

The world is a demon. It is a kingdom of which the puny ego is king. Put it away and stand firm.

A spiritually illumined soul lives in the world, yet is never contaminated by it.

It became clear to the whole world that a totalitarian regime could neither accuse nor transform itself: suicide was not in its nature, it could only kill others.

I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one of the great masters in this world.

It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.

The easiest thing in the world for me is to pay attention.

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.

Everything in the world is part of a design. Everything has meaning and purpose and a place in the pattern of existence, only it's not always possible to understand what that design is. Only God can understand the design, because he invented it.

What's wrong with living in a dream world? You have to wake up.

I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic.

No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music.

Enuff Z'nuff is one of the most underrated bands in the world!

One of the pleasures of looking at the world through mathematical eyes is that you can see certain patterns that would otherwise be hidden.

You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.

I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I would take it.

You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.

No oyster in the world tastes as good as a Gulf oyster.

Fractal litigation, whereby the flapping of a butterfly’s wings on one side of the world resulted in a massive compensation claim on the other.

Over a period of time it's been driven home to me that I'm not going to be the most popular writer in the world, so I'm always happy when anything in any way is accepted.