“There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place.”

—  Banksy

Existencilism (2002)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "There's nothing more dangerous than someone who wants to make the world a better place." by Banksy?
Banksy photo
Banksy 82
pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activ…

Related quotes

“Nothing is more dangerous than a place of safety.”

Robert Ferrigno (1947) American writer

Prayers For The Assassin (2006)

“Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place, some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

Banksyhttp://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2018739.stm
Variant: Some people want to make the world a better place. I just wanna make the world a better-looking place. If you don't like it, you can paint over it!
Source: Wall and Piece (2005)

“It is sometimes easier to make the world a better place than to prove you have made the world a better place.”

Amos Tversky (1937–1996) Israeli psychologist

Source: As remembered by Don Redelmeir, Michael Lewis, "The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World". Penguin, 2016 (ISBN 9780141983035).

“There Is Nothing More Beautiful Than Someone Who Goes Out Of Their Way To Make Life Beautiful For Others”

Alireza Kohany (1993) Musician, Actor, Entrepreneur

Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Business_In_Simple_Language/aiXfDwAAQBAJ

Brad Meltzer photo

“In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.”

Brad Meltzer book The Inner Circle

Source: The Inner Circle

Martin Luther King, Jr. photo

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

Source: 1960s, Strength to Love (1963), Ch. 4 : Love in action, Sct. 3

Michael Jackson photo

“If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Source: Song Man in the Mirror
Context: I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

Robert Greene photo

“There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.”

Robert Greene book The 48 Laws of Power

Source: The 48 Laws of Power

Tom Lehrer photo

“No one is more dangerous than someone who thinks he has "The Truth". To be an atheist is almost as arrogant as to be a fundamentalist.”

Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician

Responding to a question on whether he considered himself an atheist or an agnostic, in an interview at celebathiests.com (June 1996) http://web.archive.org/web/20061027073138/http://www.celebatheists.com/index.php?title=Tom_Lehrer
Context: No one is more dangerous than someone who thinks he has "The Truth". To be an atheist is almost as arrogant as to be a fundamentalist. But then again, I can get pretty arrogant.

Desmond Tutu photo

“There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.”

Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner

Related topics