The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking.

Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws.

It's no accident that the countries that have enjoyed an economic take off have been those that educated girls and then gave them the autonomy to move to the cities to find work

Women are not the problem they're the solution

If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for her community, but at the aggregate level for the economy.

One of the ways to be happy, to be truly happy, is to contribute to a cause that is greater than yourself. And, through Harvard-based research, we can see that happy people live longer.

One of the best ways to fight poverty and to fight terrorism is to educate girls and bring women into the formal labor force.

When the history of African development is written, it will be clear that a turning point involved the empowerment of women.

We all have won the lottery of life. How do we discharge that responsibility?

For lack of a few pinches of ordinary iodised table salt in the diet of a third world pregnant mother, a child can lose up to ten IQ (Intelligence Quotient) points.

...cultural barriers can be overcome relatively swiftly where there is the political will to do so.

If I ever meet myself, ' said Zaphod, 'I'll hit myself so hard I won't know what's hit me.

You may never live long enough to discover who you are, but by the time you reach middle age you will hopefully realize who you are not.

Repression is dangerous. It makes anvils of memories and drops them from impossible heights when you least expect it.

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.

Life is a cabaret, old chum! Come to the Cabaret.

I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals.

When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.

How do you rebel in a family of rebels? That's the age-old question. I guess I could have by not going into the arts, but the thing is, I couldn't do anything else.

I wouldn't want to be married to me, but luckily Tom Cruise does.

Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects.