"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."

Life, Time, Efficiency, Quest

38

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"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."

Exlpore more Life quotes

"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Personal Development

"I will do my very best while there is still grace."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Life, Best, Grace, Effort

"Hope in the heart is the escape in any hardship."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Life, Hope, Heart, Escape, Hardship

"Hope can keep you alive in the midst of the turbulence."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Life, Hope, Alive, Turbulence

"Stop tagging everyone into your life's profile. For all you don't know, some will neither comment nor commend you; some may not like or hike with you! Evil companies corrupt good morals... Watch who goes with you and why! ...live life soooo well!!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Life, Social, Friends, Relationships

"I am seeing life in two dimensions, human and divine."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Life, Dimensions, Human, Divine

"If we born into the world, we must seek rebirth in the world."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Life, Rebirth, World, Purpose

"Happiness is immeasurable joy."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Life, Happiness, Joy, Immeasurable

"PORTERThis is a lot of knocking! Come to think of it, if a man were in charge of opening the gates of hell to let people in, he would have to turn the key a lot."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Life, Truth, Power, Today, Wisdom

"Have a ray of sunshine and light with you everywhere you may go."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Life, Sunshine, Light, Joy

Explore more quotes by Thomas Friedman

"I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat."

World,

"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."

War, Conflict, Countries, Fight

"There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research."

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."

Life, Time, Efficiency, Quest

"Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well."

Now, Publishing, World

"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."

History, Work, People, Knowledge

"I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school."

Family, Daughter, College, School

"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."

Being, Country, Internet, Kids

"The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism."

Capitalism, Debate

"We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets."

Technology, Balance, Lawyers