Tom Green Quotes

Both for my wife and myself, the personal friendships that have grown out of scientific contacts with colleagues from many different countries have been an important part of our lives, and the travels we have made together in connection with the world-wide scientific co-operation have given us rich treasures of experiences.

I am delighted to have had students, friends and colleagues in so many nations and to have learned so much of what I know from them. This Nobel Award honours them all.

If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.

Life is funny, and a lot of times, the people that I've met have really gone past anything that I've ever dreamed of, so I'm really grateful. My friendships really go from the West to the East. You'd be amazed at some of the people I call friends.

I have amazing memories of being able to travel and being able to have family all over the world.

I am so grateful that my Filipino fans cheer me on and support me, even if I'm from far away.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

I know somebody in every culture.

The two cultures of East and West are very different, and the priorities are very different. So when you understand that - if you are from this side or this side - when you understand that the other is different than you, and you respect these differences, you can build communication.

I love animals, but I don't want to talk to them. I'd rather be able to talk to other people on other continents and understand them.

Travel around the world is amazing. New people. New-found family, really.

I'm interested in having a relationship with the world that's not my own.

I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy.

Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.

I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.

I'm certainly curious about people. As a kid, I moved around a lot. I was raised in a lot of different places, and thanks to working in the movies, I've gotten to keep traveling. I've always been interested in other cultures and languages.

I've always got on very well with the French, perhaps because I'm very natural.

I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

Working overseas is more difficult in that it's much more complicated to get people to open their hearts to you and to tell you information.

I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.

I guess the biggest surprise I got going to Iran was that the Iranians really liked me as an American.

It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to.

When I'm in the city, I like to go to different events and get introduced to different people. That's what New York is all about. There is great diversity, and there are people from all over the world who have done amazing things. That's my favorite thing to do: meet new people.

Believing in each culture's right to be understood by the other party without any form of falseness or distortion is paramount.

National culture can act as a bridge, instead of an obstacle, to mutual spiritual and intellectual understanding.