There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.

Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.

Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social development.

All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to hide them.

Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.

The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.

One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.

Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.

It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas.

The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time

In London, Washington, and Paris, people talk of bonuses or no bonuses. In parts of Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, the struggle is for food or no food.

Leaders: Your job in the future is to create a space where others feel save being vulnerable. Where fears and failures are openly discussed and used as lessons moving forward.

As consciousness expands, so does perception of self.

I was member of the Diet as long as it existed, until May 1933.

I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one.

I never met a cold cut I didn't like.

When it comes to mentors, you can't beat survival.

Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

The media does not love Hillary Clinton left, right or center.

Selena recorded a song I had written and she left my parts in on the middle eight so it ended up being Selena Gomez featuring Pixie Lott.

A lot of the people that I play with are electronic-based, so there isn't a direct physical analogue between what they're doing and the sound you're hearing.