Globalization Quotes
Top 20 Globalization
Quotes
No 1 (Best quote!)
The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.
- Marshall McLuhan , pictured right, The Gutenberg
Galaxy (1962)
No 2
The global corporation... sells the same thing in the same way everywhere.
- Theodore (Ted) Levitt, pictured right, The Globalization of
Markets (1983 article)
No 3
I am a citizen of the world.
- Diogenes (404-323 BC), Greek
philosopher, pictured right.
No 4
Think globally, act locally.
- Friends of the Earth (slogan, c.1985)
No 5
If you’re illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization will never come to you.
- Jimmy Carter (1924- ), American president, pictured right.
No 6
A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
- Mahatma ( Mohandas)
Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian leader, pictured right.
No 7
Our future success depends on how well we understand the deepest motivations of our trading partners.
- Charles Hampden-Turner,
pictured right and Fons Trompenaars,
pictured right,The Seven Cultures of Capitalism (1994).
Michel de
Montaigne (1533-92), the French writer and philosopher, pictured right below, also says we should
respect other cultures:
Everyone calls barbarism what is not customary to them.
No 8
The proprietor of stock is properly a citizen of the world and is not necessarily attached to any particular
country.
- Adam Smith, pictured right, The Wealth
of Nations (1776)
No 9
Incentives, effort, perseverance, innovation and especially competition are the
source of economic progress in any nation and the basis for productive, satisfied citizens.
- Michael Porter, pictured right, The Competitive Advantage of
Nations (1990)
No 10
Knowledge is the secret of success in the borderless world,
- Kenichi Ohmae, pictured right, The Borderless World (1990)
No 11
Abroad is bloody.
- George VI (1895-1952), pictured right, British king.
No 12
The world’s mine oyster.
(Pistol in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
- William
Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright, pictured right.
No 13
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,
(Jaques in As You Like It).
- William
Shakespeare (1564-1616), pictured right, English playwright.
No 14
There is no such thing as a global village. Most media are rooted in their national and local cultures.
- Rupert Murdoch (1931- ), Australian-born American businessman, pictured right.
No 15
If globalization were a sport, it would be the 100-metre dash, over and over and over. And no matter how many
times you win, you have to race again the next day.
- Thomas Friedman, pictured right, in Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999)
No 16
The driving idea behind globalization is free-market capitalism,
- Thomas Friedman ,pictured right, Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999)
No 17
Nations succeed in industries where pressures are created that overcome inertia and promote ongoing improvement
and innovation instead of an easy life.
- Michael Porter, pictured right, The Competitive Advantage of
Nations (1990)
No 18
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from
which they draw their gains.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), pictured
right, American president.
No 19
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
- Thomas Paine 1737–1809, the
English philosopher, pictured right.
No 20
Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind.,
- William Lloyd
Garrison (1805-79), American abolitionist, pictured right.
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