World Quotes

Unfair discrimination exists whether we like it or not; I wouldn't have married a gum-chewing vegetarian. Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.

~ John Kendrew

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

~ Joseph Auslander

Throughout its history, the members of Shearith Israel have observed Thanksgiving by reciting in synagogue the same psalms of praise and gratitude sung by Jews all over the world on festive days like Hanukkah.

~ Meir Soloveichik

Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.

~ Jane Fonda

Positive energy knows no boundaries. If everyone were to spread positive energy on the Internet, the world would be a much better place.

~ Lu Wei

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

~ Camryn Manheim

The greatest gift of all time is that you can make creation infectious because people spend less time being negative... If you log all the time with negativity in the while world, I wonder how much better the world would be if people sat down and did something positive. It spirals.

~ Skrillex

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

~ Franz Kafka

I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.

~ Dwyane Wade

Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.

~ Cameron Russell

When I started out the videos, I was dealing with depression, and I wanted to make inspiring videos for others, which would end up inspiring me in turn. I wanted to show the world that it was possible to make a positive switch in life and start over.

~ Lilly Singh

I'm a huge reggae fan. I want to go to Jamaica and make, like, Bob Marley 'One Love' positive songs. That's what the world needs.

~ Jenny Lewis

All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.

~ Zig Ziglar

I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguay's dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.

~ Mario Benedetti

Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build a positive world in the online space, and that's also very important.

~ Rebecca Mackinnon

It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.

~ Brad Paisley

I've had a very positive experience in L.A. in the comedy world and found everyone to be very nice and welcoming. It's been really fun.

~ Gillian Jacobs

I should think wrestling is the most positive thing in the world. The fact is, behind the scenes, there's stuff that goes on that's bush-league. It's laughable.

~ Bill Goldberg

Fan Luv is a powerful positive movement. All over the world they come. It's a force of luv.

~ Dj Khaled

Saudi Arabia isn't the enemy, but it is a problem. It could make so much positive difference in the Islamic world if it used its status to soothe Sunni-Shiite tensions and encourage tolerance. For a time, under King Abdullah, it seemed that the country was trying to reform, but now under King Salman, it has stalled.

~ Nicholas Kristof

We Americans typically are more positive about our individual futures, which we have some control over, than we are the nation's or the world's, which we see largely through the media prism.

~ Elaine Chao

We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world.

~ Jim Demint

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.

~ José Saramago

When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada.

~ Paul Cellucci

Our intention is that people use MakerBots to have a positive impact on the world.

~ Bre Pettis

Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global spotlight. Most importantly, host cities can use the opportunity to create a positive and lasting legacy, resulting in both tangible and intangible returns to local communities.

~ Eduardo Paes

I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.

~ Paul Keating

The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that.

~ John Perkins

I believe in entrepreneurs. I believe in their ability to make positive change in the world.

~ Jessica Jackley

Perhaps the most encouraging trend is that, through technology, people are realizing how much agency they actually have. Technology has revolutionized the way we eat, live, communicate, socialize, learn, and do. We see enormous potential to create lasting, positive change in the way the world works by doing what we are doing.

~ Jeremy Heimans

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

~ George Harrison

Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.

~ Ed Koch

And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.

~ Cody Horn

Robert Duvall saw me playing at a restaurant in Louisiana and invited me to be an extra in his movie 'The Apostle.' He gave me a guitar for my sixth birthday, and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world.

~ Hunter Hayes

As I approached my 18th birthday and prepared to enter military service in World War II, I was recommended to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood.

~ Thomas S. Monson

I lived for 15 years in Los Angeles, and I still can't believe that the handsomest man in the world, Cary Grant, and the greatest performer in the world, Fred Astaire, and Johnny Carson, one after another - they were all in my home at different times. I celebrated my 50th birthday with them. Unforgettable.

~ Tony Bennett

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.

~ Robert Staughton Lynd

It is really a great feeling to win a World Cup on your birthday.

~ Nino Schurter

I get letters constantly from all over the world, telephone calls from America, Brazil, Australia, all over, especially on my birthday. A family? I have a huge international family. That's all I need.

~ Renata Tebaldi

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.

~ Jean-Luc Godard