Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.

It is the quality of lending over the quantity of lending.

Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency.

In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future.

When people give advice, they're really just talking to themselves in the past.

It is not how much you have, but with whom you enjoy it.

••When I walk across my living room from my chimney to my window, it takes me 10 seconds, but for a bird it takes one second, and for oxygen zero seconds!

I suppose some people find their voice later than others, but it's interesting to look back at really early work to see that there's some kernel or a Rosetta Stone, in a way.

I like the feel of your name on my lips.

The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one's conduct and a little receptiveness.

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.

Love is what dreams are made of!

Biotech and geo engineering have the same mindset, of engineering, of power, of control, of mastery of nature.