Margaret Bourke-White Quotes

You can have a lot of New York and still see what's going on in the rest of the world, I think - like in China.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.

I think it's important to look at the world as a bigger place than just the bubble that we live in. It's so easy to get caught up in things of a trivial nature.

The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

I want my kids to go and see the world and understand they are privileged, but it doesn't mean they don't have the right to speak up and see what is happening.

I've seen the world and I've seen the bigger picture.

Being a star comes with not just fame and fortune, but with awareness and responsibility.

I went to schools that had a significantly large Caucasian population and I feel very fortunate because I was able to compare that perspective with my family's. It allowed me to create a wider world view on things.

Our task is to look at the world, and see it whole.

Consider yourself lightly; consider the world deeply.

As designers, we are the interface. Trying to make things understandable. That requires involving oneself with what's going on in the world. One must understand what people are, what they're up to, what they care about, how they feel.

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.

The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.

It's a big world, and I really like it.

It's a ho wide world that we living in.

In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.

I think Americans suffer for their lack of travel, awareness of the world. It has horribly warped our sense of place in the scheme of things.

So having a little more of an awareness of what's going on in the rest of the world I think is what many Canadians would hope for Americans.

Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more to the world than was generally believed by our ancestors.

I've lived many places all over the world, so I've always seen myself as a citizen of the world.

Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.

The world isn't a sad place, it's just big.

I know the whole world is watching now. And I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to understand how small you really are. I'm going home now.