You don't have to get rich to have [fewer] children. It has happened across the world.

I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200.

The idea is to go from numbers to information to understanding.

My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.

I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love.

I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.

Let the dataset change your mindset

Few people will appreciate the music if I just show them the notes. Most of us need to [hear it].

I have shown that Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than the chimpanzees.

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

Health cannot be bought at the supermarket. You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health staff. You have to educate the population.

The branches of the trees looked as if they were holding hands and bowing their heads in prayer.

Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.

You are the Golden Witnessing Screen. Meditation is the effortless effort to keep that screen clean, clear and perfect.

There are gonna be a core set of values that shouldn't be up for debate. Should be our north star.

No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it.

I really feel strongly that we can make change for every person. And it will be radical in the person's life.

The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares.

People said if [I] was at a party, it gave it prestige. I would let people know I'd arrived by letting off my flash... You could feel the temperature rise right away.

There are clothes which keep rejuvenating themselves instead of getting worn out.

Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.