I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.

...one of the most inventive forms of creative capitalism involves someone we all know very well. A few years ago, I was sitting in a bar here in Davos with Bono. Late at night, after a few drinks, he was on fire, talking about how we could get a percentage of each purchase from civic-minded companies to help change the world. He kept calling people, waking them up, and handing me the phone to show me the interest.

We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities. ... You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.

DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.

The market does not drive the scientists, the communicators, the thinkers, the government to do the right things.

Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.

I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm not in.