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 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.

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.

The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.

Es sind tausend Tropfenin einer Weltnur für uns gemachtTausend Tropfenwenn der Himmel weintund man dennoch lacht

Religion and nationalism? I defecate on the altar of religious conviction, and wipe my arse on the flag of national pride.

It's hard to do that, to decide to believe one thing over another.

You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Don't treat me like a little girl.

Truth in science is always determined from observational facts.

There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe.

I'm broke, I'm bored and I'm back.

It's nice to come into an atmosphere that's uplifting and good.