T Quotes
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“The world petroleum story is one of the most inhuman known to man: in it, elementary moral and social principles are jeered at. If powerful oil trusts no longer despoil and humiliate our country it is not because these predators have become human, but because we have won a hard-fought battle which has been going on since the beginning of the century.”
“The world-picture, with man in it, is flattened and neutralized, stripped of all sacred or spiritual qualities, of all hierarchical differentiation, and spread out before the human observer like a blank chart on which nothing can be registered except what is capable of being measured. For Newton, the celestial spheres are a machine, for Descartes, animals are machines, for Hobbes, society is a machine, for La Mettrie, the human body is a machine, eventually for Pavlov and his successors human behaviour is like that of a machine. There is nothing that is not reduced either to phenomenon (fact) or to mathematical hypothesis (or, in less polite language, fiction). The whole physical world is regarded as no more than so much inanimate dead matter whose chemical changes are mechanical processes based upon the so-called law of the conservation of mass. Everything, including the mind of man," is aligned on the model of a machine constructed out of dissections, analyses and calculations.”
Source: The Rape of Man & Nature: An Inquiry Into the Origins and Consequences of Modern Science
“The world political system is till based on the concept of the national sovereign state. For the first time therefore, in three hundred years economy and sovereignty are becoming divorced from each other.”
“The world population 60 years ago was just over 2 billion and it's now more than 6 billion. This huge increase - an explosion really - has probably done more harm to the environment than anything else.”
“The world population is nearing seven billion. John Travolta and Farrah Fawcett didn’t procreate and produce all seven thousand million of us. Audrey Hepburn and Burt Lancaster didn’t personally populate the world. Almost every child that was ever born is the byproduct of two everyday people who found each other attractive enough to go jump in the sack together. Almost every child that was ever born came about because two everyday people thought the other was attractive enough to warrant a second glance. If you want proof that attraction belongs to the individual, go sit on a bench at the mall and look at all the different couples walking by.
You will believe that there literally is someone for everyone.”
Source: Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
“The world powers established this filthy bacteria, the Zionist regime, which is lashing out at the nations in the region like a wild beast.”
“The world powers made it clear in 1994 that they did not care to fight genocide in central Africa, but they had yet to come up with a convincing explanation of why they were content to feed it. The false promise of protection represented by the camps placed Hutu civilians, as well as Tutsis and everyone else in the region, in mortal peril, and it was no comfort that this state of affairs was not brought about by a malevolent international policy in central Africa but by the lack of any coherent policy.”
Source: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
“The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.”
“The world proceeds from the same spirit as the body of man. It is a remoter and inferior incarnation of God, a projection of God in the unconscious.”
Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition
“The world produces enough food to feed the entire population. It's a travesty that anyone should go hungry anywhere.”
“The world progresses only through misunderstanding.”
Source: Baudelaire, His Prose and Poetry
“The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.”
“The world protested our invasion of Iraq, but the people of America were never made aware of that - through the censorship that goes on here, and believe me it's going on here.”
“The world provides no cheerleaders on the pathway to godliness.”
“The world pushes us with no mercy and when some push back the world points and cries EVIL”
“The world put's too much emphasis on what a person does in terms of monetary value and social status as opposed to who they are. If I was to ask you if you would be loved for who you are or what you do (eg. your occupation), I would guess that you would say who you are. Things are the wrong way around unless you follow Jesus.
God cares about who we are primarily, not what we do. It is our character and approach to life that he cares about. God wants us to choose him and put him first which ultimately means being a servant to him and others.”
“The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.”
Source: Poems
“The world rains on everybody, Laura. We just have to figure out a way to get a bigger umbrella than a lot of other people need, that's all. ~from-Here Comes The Heroes~”
Source: More Than Words Volume 3: An Anthology
“The world rarely shrieks its meaning at you. It whispers, in private languages and obscure modalities, in arcane and quixotic imagery, through symbol systems in which every element has multiple meanings determined by juxtaposition.”
“The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death.”
“The world reality.
In hate they are complete and loyal .
In love they are incomplete and unloyal.”
“The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.”
“The world reflects back to you how much you value yourself.”
Source: The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
“The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.”
“The world remains ever the same.”
Source: Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann
“The world remembers what we cannot and truth can wait forever.”
Source: Sins of the Maker
“The world-renowned icons were
once unknown, but discovering
their purpose made them known.
Know who you are and why you are
here, and let the world know what
you bring to this planet.”
Source: Your Life, Your Purpose: 365 Motivational Quotes
“The World requires at least ten years to understand a new idea, however important or simple it may be.”
Source: The Prevention of Malaria
“The world requires me to re-write its wretched dialogue!”
“The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.”
“The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!” Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?” “Don’t try to be clever, young man.” She narrowed her eyes. “It’s elephants all the way down!”
Source: Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath
“The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.”
“The world rewards action—not intention. Work your plan or stay broke.”
Source: Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
“The world rewards results, but it remembers resilience. Show up when it’s hardest — that’s where the story begins.”
“The world rewards you for what is in your mind, the universe rewards you for what is in your heart, and the Heavens reward you for what is in your soul.”
“The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence.”
Source: The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry
“The world rings changes, it is never constant but in its disappointments. The world is but a great inn, where we are to stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is it so to set our heart upon our inn, as to forget our home?”
Source: Extracts from the Writings of Thomas Watson
“The world rising
can put an end
to anything:
the murder of children
whales
elephants
oceans.
Get up. Roll over
on that part
of you
that will not
welcome
recognize
encourage
or even see
our rise.
A compassionate roll:
we must be done
with cruelty
especially to ourselves,
to start again
beaming like the sun;
fresh.
But a roll that shows
we’ve reached the end
of polite moves
to repair and re-create the Earth,
and will press hard
on any parts of us
even those we have loved,
that insist
on remaining
oblivious
and
asleep.”
Source: Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart
“The world rolls under the long thrust of his heel. Over the cage floor the horizons come.”
“The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.”
Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German
“The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.”
“The world runs on luck.”
“The world rushes through us. We are peaceful. We are as deep and black as space. Staring up at the stars, we see only our own image reflected back at us. We are infinite and we are ravenous.”
“The world's a hard place, Danny. It don't care. It don't hate hate you and me, but it don't love us either. Terrible things happen in the world, and they are things no one can explain. The world don't love you, but your momma does and so do I.”
Source: THE SHINING
“The world's a headmaster who works on your faults. I don't mean in a mystical or Jesus way. More how you'll keep tripping over a hidden step, over and over, till you finally understand: Watch out for that step! Everything that's wrong with us, if we're too selfish or too Yessir, Nosir, Three bags full sir or too anything, that's a hidden step. Either you suffer the consequences of not noticing your fault forever or, one day, you do notice it, and fix it. Joke is, once you get it into your brain about that hidden step and think, Hey, life isn't such a shithouse after all again, then BUMP! Down you go, a whole new flight of hidden steps.
There are always more.”
“The world's a huge thing; it is a great price for a small vice.”
Source: Othello
“The world's a mountain, actions like a shout, your echo will return to you, watch out!”
Source: The Masnavi: Book One
“The world's a stage and I'm on it. Better make a good impression out there!”
“The world’s asleep,’ Moomintroll thought. ‘It’s only I who am awake and sleepless. It’s only I who have to wander and wander, day after day and week upon week, until I too become a snowdrift that no one will even know about.”
Source: Moominland Midwinter
“The world's balance sheet has too many liabilities in the 'war' column and not enough assets in the 'peace' column.”