Quotes by Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Explore a curated collection of 14 quotes by Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

When Muslim radicals and fundamentalists look at the West, they see only the openness that makes us, in their eyes, deca — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
The fall of the Berlin Wall on 11/9/89 unleashed forces that ultimately liberated all the captive peoples of the Soviet — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
People will change their habits quickly IF they have a strong reason for doing so. — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Nobody works harder at learning than a curious kid. — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
It is so easy to demonize free-market and the freedom to outsource and offshore because it is so much easier to see peop — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
How youMore people will learn about IBM from Wikipedia in the coming years than from IBM itself. — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Culture is nested in context, not genes. — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
It is always dangerous to declare a turning point in history. We always tend to feel that, when we are alive, something — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
One of the newest figures to emerge on the world stage in recent years is the social entrepreneur. This is usually someo — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Goods are traded, but services are consumed and produced in the same place. And you cannot export a haircut. But we are — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
A Nobel Prize winner was asked how he became a scientist. He said that every day after school, his mother would ask him — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
No low-trust society will ever produce sustained innovation. — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Virulence is the sound of a self-selecting community talking to itself and positively reinforcing itself with no obligat — Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century