I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970.

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.

Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.

I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.

Empowering women is key to building a future we want

Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.

Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.

Think, Travel, Celebrate, Charm, Decorate, Dress, Live - colorfully

One of the realities we're all called to go through is to move from repulsion to compassion and from compassion to wonderment.

My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association.

I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know.

Kristen Stewart always looks like she's posing for pictures taken in a basement by her creepy uncle.

Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?

Of course I want to test myself. I enjoy fighting. But I also have six kids, and I want them to go to college. I hope that I can reach a point where I get the best of both worlds.

Being mad is activating. Being sad can lead to hopelessness. I'm not hopeless. I'm very hopeful.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.