As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the thesaurus built into my Microsoft Word U.K. Software.

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.

Heresy is the life of a mythology and orthodoxy is the death.

There is no god out there but Oneness of All That Is.

No one went looking for adventure

Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth.

I love fashion from the 1930s and '40s - shoulder pads, high waists, things with structure. That is classy for me. Andrea Riseborough from the Madonna movie 'W.E.' had an amazing wardrobe.

I paint my own reality.

My dads great. Hes an amazing artist. A sculptor. Hes wonderful and supportive. I love going to museums with him - we talk about... everything.

Our prayer must be, "Father, I'm waiting for You because I know You are good in what You do and in when you do it.

I have a very good memory for scripts. I can watch a show I like once, then remember about 90% of the script. But ask me who was in it, and I wouldn't have a clue.

Energy of will may be defined to be the very central power of character in a man.