“The world is beautiful and is waiting for us to conquer it, but we are prisoners.”— Grazia Deledda
“But the world is awake, and the skies are aglow; And the river flows on, and the sea-tides ebb and flow.”— Edmund Clarence Stedman
“So much of the world is canopied in color, cushioned in patterns, cluttered with shapes.”— William Gass
“My goal is to make the world a better place. If I can't do that, then I'll settle for making it a more interesting place.”— Bruce Perens