We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets. – Thomas Friedman
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. – Thomas Friedman
No matter where I go – London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore – Im always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make peoples lives better, not pull them apart. – Thomas Friedman
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 the GI Bill. – Thomas Friedman
To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. – Adam Smith