Quotes by Thomas Friedman

• Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well.
• 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 war as long as they are each part of that supply chain.
• The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist.
• The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism.
• There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research.
• 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 fat out of life.
• We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.
• You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.
• 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 lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells.
• We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.
• No, most of our political elite has not realized that the world is flat.
• McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15.
• 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 ever seen in the history of the world.
• I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat.
• I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.
• I basically did all the library research for this book on Google, and it not only saved me enormous amounts of time but actually gave me a much richer offering of research in a shorter time.
• 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 to take advantage of the half hour going and coming.
• 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 to Malaysia.
• 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 Google, will explain to their parents running the country just how the world is being flattened.
• Success is not just doing what you love, but also loving what you do, especially on Mondays.