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

You don't have to get rich to have [fewer] children. It has happened across the world.

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.

Half of the energy is used by one seventh of the world's population.

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.

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

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.