Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Loren Friedmanis an American journalist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 July 1953
CountryUnited States of America
marine army technology
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 the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies to flourish is called the US Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.
ecosystems innovation fuel
Do you know what my favorite renewable fuel is? An ecosystem for innovation.
religious political movement
What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain.
light leader climate-change
Change your leaders, not your light bulbs.
country creativity men
The ideal country in a flat world is the one with no natural resources, because countries with no natural resources tend to dig inside themselves. They try to tap the energy, entrepreneurship, creativity, and intelligence of their own people-men and women-rather than drill an oil well.
mother daughter school
I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.
ocean sunset mean
At the end of the day, no amount of investing, no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save the natural world if we are not paying attention to it - if we are not paying attention to all the things that nature give us for free: clean air, clean water, breathtaking vistas, mountains for skiing, rivers for fishing, oceans for sailing, sunsets for poets, and landscapes for painters. What good is it to have wind-powered lights to brighten the night if you can't see anything green during the day? Just because we can't sell shares in nature doesn't mean it has no value.
country war two
No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's
hands fists
The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist.
funny humor people
Remember, in China when you are one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you.
wisdom people dignity
Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.
valleys world india
I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat.
war today cold
I would say that in 2000, we understand as much about how today's system of globalization is going to work as we understood about how the Cold War system was going to work in 1946.
real war oil
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 we couldn't care less about climate change, that we feel entitled to drive whatever big cars we feel like, that we feel entitled to consume however much oil we like, the message we send is that a war for oil in the gulf is not a war to protect the world's right to economic survival-but our right to indulge. Now that will be seen as immoral.