The United Nations was founded in the aftermath of World War II, just as the world was beginning to learn the full horrors of history's worst genocide, the Holocaust that consumed 6 million Jews and 3 million others in Europe.
Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China.
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.
You can get the best locksmith in the world to design the best lock he can design, is it pick proof? No, it's not: it can be very hard to pick, but it is pickable. Because you can get, say, the next 10 best locksmiths, and give them unlimited money and time, they will figure out a way to pick it.
Be curious enough to keep an open mind to what's happening around you in society. You can look at yourself and the world at the same time.
'CSI's been a great blessing for me. It's been a platform that's allowed me to go around the country and the world, really, and speak on issues of disability, but I've never - I'm a professional actor, so I studied for years; I do theater. I never want to disrespect what got me here.
A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.
God has neither form nor color. He is incorporeal and immense. Whatever is seen in the world describes his greatness.
The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.
I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see.
The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason.
The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.
I've always admired the work that Save the Children does to improve the lives of children and their families all over the world.
If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama.
The goal of this Nation, I so strongly believe, is to be a preeminent world power. We have to understand what comes with that: The responsibility to be strong.
I am undoubtedly a 100 percent Bollywood product, but my heart truly lies in making music for the world and taking India global.
All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing.
It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.
My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone.
When you get to see the world, it changes you. You realise that there are all kinds of people out there.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.
When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage. And I'd much rather be that person who lets people in.
I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I know who I am. I'm not the most popular person, and I'm kind of dorky, and I'm someone you can see at your school or as your neighbor, and I think people like that.
What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?
If 'gay' is not in your vocabulary, if being gay is not an option in your world, then you're far more likely to see your kid as anything but gay.
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.
Love can be understood only 'from the inside,' as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.
As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.
As a student, I was a total jhalli who used to wear torn denims, faded kurtis, kohled eyes and thought that I was the coolest girl ever! We were a bunch of students who used to do social-issue-based street plays and believed that we could bring about a change in the world.
