First World Problems Quotes

“The problem with making a virtual world of oneself is akin to the problem with projecting ourselves onto a cyberworld: there’s no end of virtual spaces in which to seek stimulation, but their very endlessness, the perpetual stimulation without satisfaction, becomes imprisoning.”
― Jonathan Franzen, Farther Away

“We live in the richest country in the world. There's plenty and to spare for no man, woman, or child to be in want. And in addition to this our country was founded on what should have been a great, true principle - the freedom, equality and rights of each individual. Huh! And what has come of that start? There are corporations worth billions of dollars- and hundreds of thousands of people who don't get to eat.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“I want to be this generation's Sherlock Holmes. That is, the man to solve first world problems.”
― J.R. Rim

“I snorted. Brace and Lucy loved to make fun of me for my minor freak out when I’d been bitten by a zombie. I think I had a legit reaction to what could have been a tragic situation.”
― Jaymin Eve, Earth

“Susie is right.”
― Guido D'Amico

“Should we in America refuse to alter our lifestyle, I believe we will experience increasing dehumanization - of ourselves- both individually and corporately. To begin to share on a broad scale, therefore, is not just a matter of obedience to God or of altruism but rather a necessary requirement for remaining human.”
― Richard Baer

“Frankie," she said softly, "do you know what my idea of heaven is? A place where the windows are always clean, and the people I want can always come to dinner.”
― Helen Hudson, The Listener and Other Stories

“Feeling the inevitable claim of the this desert, he experienced a desire to throw off his civilized costume, hurl himself upon Josephina, either succumb, or return to Guadalajara, where men could only complain of having too many buttons to button or unbutton...”
― Warren Eyster, The Goblins of Eros

“I-a mai sugerat sa scrie o marturie, care, odata si odata, ar putea sluji la aflarea teribilului secret pe care il traia, pentru ca lumea sa cunoasca oroarea care se petrecea in paralel cu existenta tihnita si ordonata a celor care nu voiau sa stie, a celor care aveau iluzia unor vieti normale, a celor care refuzau sa creada ca se afla pe o pluta in mijlocul unui ocean de vaiete, ignorand, in ciuda tuturor dovezilor, ca la cateva strazi de lumea lor fericita erau ceilalti, cei care supravietuiau sau mureau in partea intunecata a lumii. <>”
― Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

“You think the world begins and ends with you and your perfect little family and your perfect little life and you think stress is finding the perfectly color-coordinated cushions for your new $10,000 sofa.”
― Liane Moriarty, What Alice Forgot

“Rich kids—they can never admit they’re rich.”
― R. Kikuo Johnson, Night Fisher

“There’s no shortage of problems with the human race, yet vegans decide to prioritize animals over humanity. Others prioritize exotic minorities over everything else. People need to get their priorities straight. Focus on what’s important, not on what you are personally, subjectively into. You can’t turn humanity’s future into your love of pets, or your gender confusion, or whatever. It’s not about you. It’s about humanity.”
― David Sinclair, Without the Mob, There Is No Circus

“Beware war, famine, plague ... and a life that is too comfortable.”
― Hunter Post

“We pay someone to mow our backyards and spend hours searching the internet to find the best deal for our next vacation. What’s our problem?”
― Gordon Marino, The Existentialist's Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age

“I'm one of those who are hampered by the psychological hindrance of owning capital.”
― Virginia Woolf

“Finally, the phrase ‘first world problems’ is built on the misleading assumption that every single individual in the first world is living in better conditions than those in the other worlds. And if so, this totally ignores the fact that the first world, too, is filled with violence, suicide, mental issues, homelessness, death, and every other problem we see in the rest of world. In this sense, the phrase ‘first world problems’ does not even do justice to millions of people suffering in the first world itself. The phrase assumes that people in the second or the third worlds are miserable and incapable of having economic, social, or even political fulfilment.”
― Louis Yako

“As such, phrases like ‘first world problems’ assume that those in the first world live such stress-free and luxurious lives that any problems they have are considered when compared with those from the rest of the world. Not only are such assumptions false, but they also function as myth generators by giving the people of the first world the impression that they – and their problems – are superior to everyone else around the world. Likewise, it misleads people outside the first world into thinking that the first world is full of joy and happiness, which is false by all measures.”
― Louis Yako

“A first world country is born of first world citizens. A citizen becomes first world by defying all divisions.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulldozer on Duty

“Here in the US we used to go on about our "First World problems." Nobody's pretending folks wouldn't be worse off if a storm like Luna had made landfall in Dhaka or Lagos. But the point is, it hit here, twice in ten days. And when the choice is between nothing and something, most folks will settle for a tent and three squares any day. Situation like that, your so-called First World gets real small, real fast.”
― Bruce Holsinger, The Displacements