Rick Famuyiwa 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.

We live in a global society today where all our cultures intermingle.

The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.

In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.

Nations are becoming less relevant in a world where everyone and everything is interconnected. The connections that matter most are again becoming more personal.

Its not a global village, but we're in a highly interconnected globe.

The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more borderless.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

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

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

There really is a sense of internationalism in the heartland.

We live in an ever-changing global pop culture community.

There are no distant places any longer: the world is small and the world is one.

Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected.

The world is shrinking together; it is finding itself neighbor to itself in strange, almost magic degree.

Racists are not born, they are raised. Isolation is the breeding ground for racism. The more you come to know the world around you and people different than you the less likely you will become an extremist. The Church needs to bring the world together.

I think we are evolving rapidly into one world culture. It's certainly one world economy. With billions of people online, I think we'll appreciate the wisdom in many different traditions as we learn more about them. People were very isolated and didn't know anything about other religions 100 years ago.

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.

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

When I go to Iran, I see... that there are all different shades and colors in Iran, from atheist to religious zealot. So Iran is no different than any other country. I mean, they are connected with the rest of the world.

We live in a global village. No country can live in isolation of others like Robinson Crusoe.

The whole world is global. With the Internet, it's like we're all living in a small village. We're starting more and more to realize there is no difference, we can work together, we can put aside our differences and work on our similarities and be successful in that way.

Neighbor is no longer confined to the vocabulary of the individual. It is a national word. Modern inventions have annihilated distance. Commercial relations have broken down barriers of race and religion, and the family of nations is a recognized fact.

Traditions are imploding and exploding everywhere - everything is coming together, for better or worse, and we can no longer pretend we're all living in different worlds because we're on different continents.