wisdom Quotes

The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very few concepts very well over a few years.

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.

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

The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.

You can't have a rigid view that all new taxes are evil.

I don't have a magic formula for prioritizing the world's problems.

I think any statement about stock prices is always suspect unless it's made by Warren Buffett.