Subject: Places » World (Page 3)

The world is a dangerous place; only yesterday I went into [a store] and punched someone in the face.

English musician, actor, writer & comedian

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

The world is divided into people who do things – and people who get the credit.

(1873 – 1931) businessman, politician & diplomat

Don't let the whole world come here and see our stuff; it just pisses them off.

television executive & comedian

It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to have to paint it.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

The world is more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be.

It is not a fragrant world.

(1888 – 1959) detective novelist & screenwriter

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Baseball is the belly of society. Straighten out baseball and you'll straighten out the rest of the world.

American baseball pitcher

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

(1942 – 2008) American author, producer, director & screenwriter

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

New Jersey is to America as America is to the world.

(1977 – ) American television producer, writer & comedian

The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you are in the bathroom.