Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

Sometimes when you try to change the world, the world changes you!

Grief is always sudden as winter, no matter how long the autumn.

I knew that I was talented. I was positive about that. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was talented at, but I was ambitious enough to wait it out and see what turned up.

God made thee good as thou art beautiful.

There's a suspicion always about politicians. The suspicion level is really elevated and it just feels like people do not trust their institutions.

You guys are more talented than anyone in the Tumblr office or in Palo Alto or Sunnyvale. We're constantly in awe, constantly in service.

Tunnels, our ports, our airports - they need work. And there are millions of jobs to be done.

I think I'm a bit of a dreamer. I don't like the reality of life to impinge much on my life.

What if you were really meant to be with someone? But you kept messing about and having the Horn and so on and you lost them.

The way I talk to the puppets is real, and it's in the moment, and it's seeing what will happen. It's not something that is scripted.