There will be two types of businesses in the next 5 years, those that are on the Internet, and those that are out of business

Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.

All lives have equal value. And so you say, 'why do poor children die when other children don't? Why do some people have enough nutrition or reasonable toilets and other people don't?' So those basic needs that, through innovation, actually it's very affordable to bring them...to everyone.

The billion people who wake up every day trying to figure out if they have enough food to eat won't be at Davos.

Success is a lousy teacher. It makes you think you know what you're doing.

Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.

Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.