Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.

Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social development.

All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to hide them.

Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.

The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.

One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.

Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.

It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas.

There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.

The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time

In London, Washington, and Paris, people talk of bonuses or no bonuses. In parts of Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, the struggle is for food or no food.

The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.

You can't be perfect. No one is. That's why we need God.

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

If you withdraw from the game, you're out of the game. And we have withdrawn from the game. And we said Bashar Assad has to go. He's going to stay. So we're out of the game.

Chelsea are not made to play football. We're good on the counter, a little bit like Real against Bayern.

Aha! So I’m not crazy.” “You are most definitely crazy,” Derek said. “But in a deranged, endearing way.

I started a business with two guys I played with, Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton: Champion Ventures, it's a fund of funds. We have $400 million or so under management.

In pursuing a ‘way,’ Japanese typically move beyond an interest in craftsmanship to a kind of sacred search for the ultimate.

I am the Empire at the end of the decadence.

I'm not shy about asking the customer, because I want to talk about who she is and what she wants from me.