Henry Rollins Quotes

Traveling the world I've learned that progressives, regardless of their locations, think in a global space.

We are not leaving the EU, we are rejoining the rest of the world.

Clearly, the Chinese need the resources, but I don't think they want to clash with the industrial world which happens to be the market for their goods.

Learn to think continentally.

I have a big bias to the people who understand global aspects.

I thought of myself as a global citizen.

In a world of scarce resources, globalization without new technology is unsustainable.

[Dwight Eisenhower was ] a citizen of the world.

Thinking men and women the world over are beginning to realize that patriotism is too narrow and limited a conception to meet the necessities of our time.

Everyone connected to the internet acts globally. it is wildly foolish to think locally.

I think of myself as a global citizen.

I think it is absolutely central to our economic plan as a country not only that we put our own house in order but that we better connect ourselves with other parts of the world, particularly the faster growing parts of the world.

Country [China] needs to continue opening up and keep connecting. It needs to realize that the world has become one. The old concept of isolation, the idea that you can solve your problems on your own does not work anymore - neither in cultural, economic, nor political terms.

I think that I'm increasingly aware of the fact that in order to work towards any statement that's radically global or universal, you have to start in a place that's radically intimate and particular.

The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.

There is a pressing need to integrate the study of international economics with the study of international politics to deepen our comprehension of the forces at work in the world.

The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.

Think globally, act locally, think tribally, act universally.

Architects, if they are really to be comprehensive, must assume the enormous task of thinking in terms always disciplined to the scale of the total world pattern of needs, its resource flows, its recirculatory and regenerative processes.

Hardly anyone in the world is an American

Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.

What I'm interested in is Britain projecting itself abroad, and through that its values and the things it holds dear. And I don't think you do that by refusing to talk to the world's second-largest economy [China]. In fact, that is positively counter-productive in my view.

I think Americans suffer for their lack of travel, awareness of the world. It has horribly warped our sense of place in the scheme of things.

The idea of explaining why free trade is good, why immigration is good, why the world is so connected, that we need to think in terms of humanity and being generous to each other, you know, that's proving to be a challenge.

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.