A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.

It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.

There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.

Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.

You do not go out into the street in your underwear, although usually you are wearing underwear. The underwear is not visible but it is there all the time. It is the same with concepts. They are there. They underlie practical things we do- even when we are not conscious of them.

Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.