Lord knows there's a lot of bad news in the world today to get you down, but there is one big thing… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Iraq today does have a chance to shape its own future. They may not do that, or this generation may not do… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I don't think a monarchy led by 75- and 80-year-old men [Saudi Arabia] in today's modern world is really sustainable. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I would say that in 2000, we understand as much about how today's system of globalization is going to work as we… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
What we do know is that the planet is going from 7 billion people today to 9 billion. More people want to… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
What is the most entrepreneurial country in the Middle East today? It's Lebanon. Which country has no oil or gas? Lebanon. The… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
The unemployment rate today for people with our-year college degrees is 4.1%, which is almost none. That's people switching jobs basically. That… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Whatever you may be thinking when you apply for a job today, you can be sure the employer is asking this: Can… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I don't think we replaced the Soviet Union with Al Qaida. I think we replaced, we should have, Soviet Union with the… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
If you want to get an advance machine tool job today, you need to know calculus. We know a lot of people… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Today, natural gas now outstrips coal as the leading provider of electricity in America. If this is as big as people believe… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much an open book. I am a fanatic golfer and golf nut. If I have three free hours any day, my first… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
The financial crisis just made the hole deeper, which is why our stimulus needs to be both big and smart, both financially and educationally… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Many jobs at Google require math, computing, and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that you can… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon,… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on gasoline prices.… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
I don't think the Arab Spring had much to do with energy. I think it was just the opposite, in fact. I think the… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Until we fully understand what turned two brothers who allegedly perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombings into murderers, it is hard to make any policy… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
That's right-the striking thing about greenhouse gases is the diversity of sources that emit them. A herd of cattle belching can be worse than… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
There is something more severe than the problem with Thomas Friedman, which can be generalized to represent someone causing action while being completely unaccountable… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
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