If you have democracy, people will vote for washing machines. They love them.

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.

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

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

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.

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