Thomas Friedman Quotes

If it's not broken, break it. That's how new discoveries are made. That's why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.

Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Science is not about status quo. It's about revolution.

It's a brave new world.

Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.

Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Before this country came on the scene, for thousands of years people did things the same way. Within 200 years of the advent of this nation, men were walking on the moon, and I want us to recognize this is the kind of people that we are. We're creative with a lot of ingenuity and a lot of energy.

Here is the surprising truth: It's often easier to make something 10 times better than it is to make it 10 percent better.

The new always competes with the old and destroys it. Men who build railroads destroy stage coach lines.

... science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

Modernity is disruptive, and I endorse that.

Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.

The term 'innovative' or 'innovation' is often vague or ambiguous. But in our definition, innovation means to make something which people think impossible possible.

The antidote to stagnation is innovation.

Disrupt, and you will be saved.

Without change, there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement

The pace of change and the threat of disruption creates tremendous opportunities.

Humanity is the start of the race; I say Humanity is the mould to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, The atom to be split.

What wonderful thing didn't start out scary?

Any time where the delta b/w what is possible and how things work today is at its widest, that's an opportunity to go build new technology.

Every age thinks it's the modern age, but this one really is. Electricity is going to change everything. Everything!

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

Progress of any kind is always at variance with the old and established ideas and therefore with the codes inspired by them. Every step of progress is a change involving heavy risks.