Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy

I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200.

The idea is to go from numbers to information to understanding.

My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.

I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love.

I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.

Let the dataset change your mindset

Few people will appreciate the music if I just show them the notes. Most of us need to [hear it].

I have shown that Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than the chimpanzees.

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

Health cannot be bought at the supermarket. You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health staff. You have to educate the population.

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

You and I must learn and understand the value of time and how to invest it if we must achieve anything of worth in our lifetime.

Wisdom is worth more than money.

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Many individuals have like uncut diamonds shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Never underestimate the bad taste of the American public

We stand tallest when we stoop to help others.

The wonder of Independence is that it encourages open minds and the desire to improve.

If you think something's happened quickly, you're looking at only a part of it.

You know, the only way I've found to make these pictures is with animators. You can't seem to do it with accountants and bookkeepers.