All Thomas Friedman Quotes
- Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction out of all proportion to any… All
- Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the… Efficiency
- Sometimes, when my wife and I were going out to dinner, I would take my laptop with me and work in the car, so as… Advantage
- I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we tell the world… Accompany
- When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your… China
- I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat. Bangalore
- Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists. All
- I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce. America
- I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are naturally left behind… Behind
- In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that introduced us to… Began
- I firmly believe that the next great breakthrough in bioscience could come from a 15-year-old who downloads the human genome in Egypt. Believe
- Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Business
- The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism. Answer
- Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well. Flat
- I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school. College
- If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you. Bad
- No, most of our political elite has not realized that the world is flat. Elite
- Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators. Business
- The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. Fist
- Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down… All
- If you followed this economic crisis and you do not think that the world is getting flatter, you are not paying attention. We saw the… Acting
- A golf course should aspire to generate as much energy as it consumes - golf should be leading the way toward energy net zero. Aspire
- America needs rebooting. America
- Do you know what my favorite renewable fuel is? An ecosystem for innovation. Ecosystem
- Every golf course should have its carbon rating on the scorecard, alongside its Course Rating, Slope, par and yardage. Alongside