In my dreams it happens, when I wake up I just hope for an even better and stronger UN.

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.

It is not possible to be intellectually honest and believe in gods. And it is not possible to believe in gods and be a true scientist.

Even the littlest things were now a challenge, one I didn't understand.

Any time I have any time off, I try to travel.

A wild thing may say wild things.

Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts.

I urge you to be bold. Life isn't changed from the balcony. Get onto the floor and dance, dance, dance.

Цomen, we think differently than guys. Guys, you know, are very visual. Women, we work a little different.

The cinema was certainly an art, but television can't be, because it is the museum of accidents. In other words, its art is to be the site where all accidents happen. But that's its only art.

If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value.

The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.