Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope... Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

I sentimenti si imprimono nei luoghi dove li abbiamo vissuti.

Then if children make so much trouble, why do people have 'em?

Noble failure atones for the impossibility of resisting progress successfully.

The best way to make something last is to believe that it won't.

I support guns and I support the death penalty. Half of my interviews are convincing liberals they're not liberal.

I will totally accept the results [of Election 2016] if I win.

Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.

I have the world's best job. I get paid to hang out in my imagination all day.

More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.