My vision for the future? ... a world completely free from poverty.

People should wake up in the morning and say 'I am not a job seeker, I am a job-creator.

All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.

One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was like.

Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.

In the future the question will not be, "Are people credit-worthy", but rather, "Are banks people-worthy?"

The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.

A charity dollar has only one life; a Social Business dollar can be invested over and over again.

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.

Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor.

Human creativity is unlimited. It is the capacity of humans to make things happen which didn't happen before. Creativity provides the key to solving our social and economic problems.

Wonder is always difficult until you forgive whoever destroyed your love of surprises.

compressed into boxes, packed in sawdust, ... trussed up in sacks, roped up like hams...

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else - men, guns, ammunition.

The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.

Today you play for a place in history, today you play for immortality.

The more opportunities we have, the more likely we are to be able to handle the unexpected.

I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just tell you what I'm against. I tell you what I'm for and how I would do it.

If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it.

I love working with younger actors because they always come into the game full of energy and ideas that challenge me and keep me learning and stimulated.

I dress sexily - but not in an obvious way. Sexy in a virginal way