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I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

- Julia Louis-Dreyfus

I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.

- Leslie Caron

I get the greatest feeling when I`m singing. It`s other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you`re holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.

- Cyndi Lauper

I`ve been to MTV and all of that worldly stuff. It`s death. It`s meaningless.

- Stephen Baldwin

I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It`s important to me that he`s able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers.

- Kiana Tom

I have a domestic side. I like the idea of having a family and settling down some day. But Joanne is limited and hasn`t really lived. She`s not worldly. And it comes through in her character.

- Rachel Smith

As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.

- Ahmad Wesley

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

- Alan Rodger

I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.

- Allan Keller

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man`s stature as to his happiness.

- Allison Hanna

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to himself in the expectation.

- Andre Bakhos

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness and intention of mind imaginable, he finds not half the pleasure in the actual possession of them, as he proposed to himself in the expectation.

- Andre Bakhos

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

- Andrew Harvey

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.

- Andrew Popper

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

- Andrew Popper

Today I will speak about love. What is love? How can one get love? Why should one get it? There are two kinds of love. One is the worldly connection. The other is attained through Knowledge. In this human body exists the love we have to discover. You should love one another and behave lovingly because when love comes, everything comes. You should speak to one another with love and humility. Love is the essence.

- Avi Nachmany

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broke in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

- Avid Merrion

We should worship lord Shiva so that we are freed from our worldly attachments just like a fruit falls from a tree after ripening. Once we are successful in doing this we are liberated from this vicious cycles of life and death.

- Barry Cooper

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

- Henry David Thoreau

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe