I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of our time. Energy is central to both of them.

Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term.

When you're working on development issues, optimism is not always based on rational analysis, often it is a moral choice.

A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to tell the young people, Look, a few committed souls can change the world.

We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.

Why is it that when it comes to our most cherished social goal [health care], we not only tolerate poor execution, sometimes we even celebrate it?

There will be water and food fights everywhere.

Life is a big story. Music is just one way to tell it, to realize how many tales all kinds of people share.

The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, or to contemplate in another, is perhaps cowardice.

We [Americans] have to get beyond the greed-run-amok. We have to get beyond indifference to the poor and working people. We have to get beyond polarized politics.

My sister married a German. He complained he couldn't get a good bagel back home. I said: 'Well, whose fault is that?'

There’s only two types of manager. Those who’ve been sacked and those who will be sacked in then future

Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the way.

Proud parents to two children Grandparents to five more Who visit the "Harper Bakery" It's Gran's cooking they all adore

It is the will to be grateful which constitutes gratitude.

Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.

Although we have not assigned God a sexual orientation, a height, or eye color, we have thought nothing of assigning a gender and a religion (God always belongs to the same one we do).