Subject: Places » World

The world is a place that’s gone from being flat to round to crooked.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

If all the nations in the world are in debt, where did all the money go?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I have a large seashell collection, which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I'm sitting on top of the world, and I've got hemorrhoids.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.

(1918 – 1990) American actress & singer

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

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

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

(1873 – 1931) businessman, politician & diplomat

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

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named ‘Bush,’ ‘Dick,’ and ‘Colon.’

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director

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

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

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.

(1888 – 1989) American composer & lyricist

In a perfect world, a fair world, Bob Hayes should be forced to carry a small calf on his shoulder when he runs the dashes…Mark Spitz, in all fairness, would swim with a sea anchor…[and] Ella Fitzgerald must sing every note with a mouth full of Tootsie Rolls.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

The world gets better every day – then worse again in the evening.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist