Lisa Ling Quotes

We should care about what is going on in the world.

How much has it been your experience that Americans follow what happens in the world?

I started traveling out of curiosity, but I have come to believe in travel's political importance, that encouraging a nation's citizenry to travel may be as important as encouraging school attendance, environmental conservation, or national thrift. You cannot understand the otherness of places you have not encountered.

I think people have to read more and learn more about what's going on internationally.

Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.

Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed.

What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas.

There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community.

I love traveling. It not only opens my mind up, but it also allows me to use my fame in another way through humanitarian works and stuff, and being an influence around the world.

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.

My duty is to raise the consciousness of the American people.

We can't afford to live in isolation, and we need to teach our kids that the things that they do not only matter to others far away but impact others who live far away, and there are ripples of effect.

When creativity melds together with global issues, I believe you can bring the world together.

I like knowing what's going on in the world - even if most of the time I feel helpless.

We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing on our behalf.

I grew up in a household where we talked about the state of the world over breakfast, lunch and dinner.

There is this way that I felt when I was younger that we were beyond history and we were all citizens of the world that now seems so naive.

I want to help, and I wanna learn more about what's going on in the world. I just wanna be alert.

I believe being a true Global Citizen means you have the willingness and openness to step outside of your own boundaries, and I'm honored to represent that with TUMI.

Britain cannot afford to cut itself off from what is going on in the world, we are too interconnected with what is going on, we have a powerful history and tradition of taking an interest in what is going on in the world, we've also got a very real interest in the future, in remaining connected.

Awareness is very, very important because we're living in a world which is literally shrinking by the day. We are global citizens. So, for us not to be aware of what's happening to our neighbor is almost sad. Once you're aware, then you can decide what cause you want to dedicate your time to.

It's an important part of being a member of society to know what's happening in the world and to know where you fall in it and what you can do about it.

I want more awareness of humanity in this world.

I'm not trying to amass people in the streets. I just want them to be more aware.