All Thomas Friedman Quotes
- 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 highway… Belching
- Change your leaders, not your light bulbs. Bulbs
- We're going in the wrong direction and I think the only way to counter that is to bring the story home in really concrete ways… Bring
- Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger. Dignity
- A vision without resources is an hallucination. Hallucination
- C'mon kids! Wake up and smell the CO2! Take over your administration building, occupy your university president's office, or storm in on the next meeting… Administration
- Our kids are going to be so angry with us one day. We've charged their future on our Visa cards. Angry
- No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's Both
- Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed Big
- Remember, in China when you are one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you. China
- Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about so… Ability
- Saudi hijackers first came into contact with al-Qaeda and went through Terrorism 101 when they signed up for the jihad in Afghanistan. Afghanistan
- The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And… Air
- Benjamin Netanyahu understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for… Benjamin
- Your boss doesn't care what you know, because the Google machine knows everything. Your boss cares about what you can do with what you know.… Boss
- Desktop freelancers and innovative startups all over the world All
- What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job. Employer
- We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that. Aspire
- What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth. Abortion
- Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse… Advantage
- In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them. Children
- You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept. American
- I am hoping, though, that many of them have kids, who, when they have a moment to take a break from their iPods, Internet, or… Break
- Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could… Behavior
- The financial crisis just made the hole deeper, which is why our stimulus needs to be both big and smart, both financially and educationally stimulating.… Able