The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War.
Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.
I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.
The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them.
If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.
We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.
Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope.
The world's creation has a beginning from the world's point of view, not from God's.
It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.
Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record.
The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world.
It was nice to make things right, and I went to prom and actually had a good time in the TV world - the real world wasn't so much fun.
In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive.
Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.
Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.
I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.
With Skype video calling, teachers can provide their students with first-hand knowledge from experts around the world and with other classes who are studying the same subject halfway across the world.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
