A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.

Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not.

It’s necessary but not sufficient to learn and then work. You must learn from the work and learn while you work.

Expectations have a way of being fulfilled.

The key to economic security - to food security in Africa is empowering the women.

Without impact, innovation is just an idea with promise.

We must do more and with more urgency to empower women.

Impact investing can be a powerful instrument of change.

I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.

You think you're a role model, and they (protégés)turn around and tell you you're a negative role model.

At one point in my life you'll have my best but not my whole.

A fool is someone who wants you to apologise for your intelligence -rassool jibraeel snyman

those, who are believed to be most self—abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious

Any boy who'd love a sailboat-patterned, swimsuited sausage who tames rabid foxes would be wonderful. And impossible.

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.

I love my fans very much. They give me the confidence to continue things in life.

Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love.

I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.

My wife is a real Puritan. She thinks licking the stamp on the envelope of a Valentine is foreplay.

Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health.