Patrick Geddes Quotes

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.

I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut.

Today we live in a global village but we don’t have our global elders to guide and inspire us.

We are living in a global world - but most schools and books still tell us only parochial histories of one particular country or culture. The truth is that there are no longer any independent countries in the world.

Daily the world grows smaller, leaving understanding the only place where peace can find a home.

In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It's very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.

The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us.

Foreign students add cultural value to their British peers, who need an international outlook.

I don't even think of going to Europe as going to another country now.

We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.

Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are sitting in judgment upon the conduct of all nations.

You know, my view is that we have a big world out there.

The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.

It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.

The young people of every nation are coming to resemble each other more and more, and are slowly becoming strangers to chauvinism and racism.

The world is opening up. We all learn what is happening elsewhere. … The individual is fast becoming aware of his or her rights.

In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers.

The separation of the Western man from the seaboard, and his environment, made him in a large degree free from European precedents and forces. He looked at things independently and with small regard or appreciation for the best Old World experience. He had no ideal of a philosophical, eclectic nation, that should advance civilization by intercourse with foreigners and familiarity with their point of view, and readiness to adopt whatever is best and most suitable in their ideas, manners, and customs

With globalization mounting, the rules teaching us to live globally other than nationally are increasingly becoming meaningful

I was born in America and have lived a long time in England. I wish prosperity to both.

At different times my children went to Polish, British, and American schools, and they learned about 'the nation' in all of them.

American audiences very rarely deal with material outside their borders.

The joining of the Japanese with the French should make a new movement. I think it should be good for Paris.