All Thomas Friedman Quotes
- Every sport needs its temple, its cathedral. Cathedral
- I attended public school with the same group of kids from K through 12. Attended
- I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before. Collaborate
- I'm from Minnesota. I'm optimistic. I mean, that's just who I am. From
- If you don't have an ethic of conservation, you basically have a license to drive a Hummer through the Amazon. Amazon
- McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. Cannot Flourish
- My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through… Actually Bought
- There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research. Face
- We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets. Balance
- What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain. Al
- You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears. Been
- The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a… Argues
- There's a difference between being able to make long distance phone calls cheaper on the Internet and walking around Riyadh with a PDA where you… Able
- You take one bomber and deploy him in Baghdad, and another is manufactured in Riyadh the next day. It's exactly like when you take the… Baghdad
- By 'flat' I did not mean that the world is getting equal. I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and… American
- I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game.… Attack
- It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have… Allowed
- Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard… Allows
- The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population… All
- We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and toxic. Once you… Benign
- America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a… America
- Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. Accomplished
- Almost all the students who make it to Caltech, one of the best scientific universities in the world, come from public schools. So it can… All
- Some would ask what country am I from? We ara supposed to tell the truth, [so] we tell them India. Some thought it was Indiana,… Ask
- So what am I? I guess I would call myself a sober optimist...If you are not sober about the scale of the challenge, then you… Achieve