The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.

What I do best is share my enthusiasm.

The world needs banking but it does not need banks.

For Africa to move forward, you've really got to get rid of malaria.

President [George] Bush made the U.S. absolutely the leader, between its own PEPFAR, and it's been by far the biggest Global Fund donor. That's a legacy.

I like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things. I like the fact that if people really try they can figure out how to invent things that actually have an impact.