Top 38 Quotes by Thomas P.M. Barnett

About Thomas P.M. Barnett

These are some quotes by American author Thomas P.M. Barnett Businessman, who was born in 1962.

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

An Obama administration truly looking to break with the molds of the past would stop treating Africa as an obligation and start treating it as globalization's next great opportunity, understanding that Chinese - along with Indians and Arab sovereign wealth funds - are natural partners in this process.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

Most Americans have little idea of how far our nation's worldwide standing had fallen by the end of the Bush administration; no matter how bad you thought it had gotten, it was worse.

Most Americans have little idea of how far our nation's worldwide standing had fallen by the end of the Bush administration; no matter how bad you thought it had gotten, it was worse.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

You can't drag people from understanding to action. A customer isn't actually at the last mile if you're the one dragging her to the finish line.

You can't drag people from understanding to action. A customer isn't actually at the last mile if you're the one dragging her to the finish line.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the summer of 2011 or so.

Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the summer of 2011 or so.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

Despite living in this post-9/11 age of transnational terrorism, the risk of death during air travel has plummeted to the point where we now measure it in the 'per billions' of passengers.

Despite living in this post-9/11 age of transnational terrorism, the risk of death during air travel has plummeted to the point where we now measure it in the 'per billions' of passengers.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

Is there anything about cyberspace that particularly screams Air Force? Not really. If cyber warfare is going to be as all-encompassing as it's made out to be by its vigorous proponents, then it will disseminate throughout the services even more than the drone phenomenon has.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

Wikistrat is my ninth start-up, so I've been through this process a few times. You have to go with what works. The power of example is compelling, so model the ideas that you want someone to understand.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

In the end, for all of Obama's grand rhetoric on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, history has doomed him to preside over the emergence of two rogue nuclear regimes (North Korea and Iran).

In the end, for all of Obama's grand rhetoric on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, history has doomed him to preside over the emergence of two rogue nuclear regimes (North Korea and Iran).

Thomas P.M. Barnett

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