Quotes with world-view

Quotes 2161 till 2180 of 3096.

  • Howard Whitman The trouble comes when we try to fashion our success to the outside world's specifications even though these are not the specifications drawn up in our own hearts. For whom are we succeeding, for ourselves or for somebody else? Success, if it is to be mea
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  • Billie Jean King The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy it.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Mark Twain The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Bertrand Russell The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Brooke Burke The truth is, if anyone saw my home life, I'm pretty sure it would look like other families' around the world. There's a lot of juggling to be done.
    Brooke Burke
    American actress, dancer, model (1971 - )
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  • Calvin Coolidge The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve the interests of the whole nation. Their members of the Congress are chosen with that great end in view.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • F. L. Lucan The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, tired of common sense and civilization.
    F. L. Lucan
    Roman epic poet (39 - 65)
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  • Ban Ki-moon The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bernie Sanders The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Herbert Spencer The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
    Herbert Spencer
    British Philosopher (1820 - 1903)
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  • William Somerset Maugham The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Ban Ki-moon The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Ralph Bunche The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world.
    Ralph Bunche
     
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  • Carlo Azeglio Ciampi The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
    Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
    Italian politician and banker (1920 - 2016)
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  • Colin Powell The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
    Colin Powell
    American elder statesman and four-star general (1937 - 2021)
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  • Charles Evans Hughes The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.
    Charles Evans Hughes
    American statesman and Republican politician (1862 - 1948)
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  • Bill Frist The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Ben Goldacre The value of a scientific publication goes beyond this simple benefit, of all relevant information appearing, unambiguously, in one place. It's also a way to communicate your ideas to your scientific peers, and invite them to express an informed view.
    Ben Goldacre
    British physician, academic (1974 - )
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  • Arthur Henderson The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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