Let the future say of our generation that we sent forth mighty currents of hope and that we worked together to heal the world.

My concern is not that there are too many sweatshops, but that there are too few.

The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia.

I think the IMF helped to detonate the Indonesian crisis.

At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development.

Without restoring an ethos of social responsibility, there can be no meaningful and sustained economic recovery.

Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.

Deep down, if we really accept that their lives - African lives - are equal to ours, we would all be doing more to put the fire out. Its an uncomfortable truth.

Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

This is our greatest challenge: learning to live in a crowded and interconnected world that is creating unprecedented pressures on human society and on the physical environment.

I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.

If you will invest the maximum amount of time in hard work, polishing and building your own land of promise, you will become great in life.

Ignorance is sacred and im an atheist.

Endurance is spiritual.

Expertise is the mantra of modern medicine.

What counts isn't being able to do a thing, it's seeing what it is. Seeing is the decisive act, and ultimately it places the maker and the viewer on the same level.

Whenever anybody called Nelson Mandela a saint, he would say: "If by saint you mean a sinner who is trying to be better, then I'm a saint."

I believe that laughter is the best emotional Band-Aid in the world. It's like nature's Neosporin.

There's always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - [it's] the same way with publishers and galleries.

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.