Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
America is interested in change and reform in the Middle East but in a stable way. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Scientists tend to focus on what they don't know more than what they do know. And there are a lot of things… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Something really big happened in the world's wiring in the last decade, but it was obscured by the financial crisis and post-9/11.… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Being really good at 'learning how to learn,' as President Bill Brody of Johns Hopkins put it, will be an enormous asset… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Combating climate change requires government policy, and most conservatives hate the idea of more government regulation. Because they hate the prescription, they… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
A generation ago [the Democratic Party] stood for progressive change. Now they defend every federal program as if each were sacred. They… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When it comes to dealing with the world's climate and energy challenges, I have a simple rule: change America, change the world. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
If we don't have a more serious energy policy, the difference between a good day and bad day for America from here… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
What if we're wrong and there is no climate change? Well, by doing everything possible to address it, we will still use… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
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