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

The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child..

My husband is my most valuable resource..

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

In my dreams it happens, when I wake up I just hope for an even better and stronger UN..

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the….

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 ha….

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

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

Let the dataset change your mindset.

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 -….

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward..

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

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 ….

The database hugging in public institutions is hampering innovation..

If your economy grows [by] 4 percent, you ought to reduce child mortality 4 percent..

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I stil….

There are two billion fellow human beings who live on less than $2 a day..

Thank you industrialization. Thank you steel mill. Thank you power station. And thank you chemical processing industry that gave us time to read book….

We must obviously be much more clever in using resources, regulate with tax and promote innovations..

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..