--- title: "1 Erupt Quotes By Jim Yong Kim" description: "1 Erupt quotes by Jim Yong Kim. Plus more from Jim Yong Kim and more Erupt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/jim-yong-kim-15065_access_what-we-have-found-is-that-because-of-sm_2531624.png" --- > [What we have found is that because of smartphones and access to media, and because everybody knows how everyone else lives, you have no idea where the next huge social movement is going to erupt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/what-we-have-found-is-that-because-of-smartphones-and-access-to-media/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/jim-yong-kim-15065_access_what-we-have-found-is-that-because-of-sm_2531624.png) ## More by Jim Yong Kim > [Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/unless-you-invest-in-people-you-are-not-going-to-see-growth-in-the/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [Growing economies are critical; we will never be able to end poverty unless economies are growing. We also need to find ways of growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/growing-economies-are-critical-we-will-never-be-able-to-end-poverty/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [If you look at three diseases, the three major killers, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, the only disease for which we have really good drugs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/if-you-look-at-three-diseases-the-three-major-killers-hiv/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/in-my-own-view-the-life-expectancy-of-native-americans-in-the-united/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [I've always been engaged in social protection programmes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/i-ve-always-been-engaged-in-social-protection-programmes/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/we-have-to-find-climate-friendly-ways-of-encouraging-economic-growth/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [I think one of the main challenges that the World Bank faces is creating an organizational structure that doesn't get in the way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/i-think-one-of-the-main-challenges-that-the-world-bank-faces-is/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or parents since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/my-father-came-by-himself-across-the-north-korean-border-when-he-was/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/i-want-to-eradicate-poverty-i-think-that-there-s-a-tremendous-passion/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/a-lot-of-young-people-don-t-think-they-can-make-a-difference-that-s/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/i-feel-like-i-m-calmer-i-m-kinder-i-m-more-patient-the-more-i-do-my/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/i-want-to-eradicate-poverty-i-think-that-theres-a-tremendous-passion/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/a-lot-of-young-people-dont-think-they-can-make-a-difference-thats/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/we-need-to-have-a-plan-equal-to-the-challenge/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) > [Today there are a lot places where people say they're just hopeless. If I can come from a hopeless country, get an education, become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/today-there-are-a-lot-places-where-people-say-they-re-just-hopeless/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erupt/jim-yong-kim/#itemlist", "name": "1 Erupt Quotes By Jim Yong Kim", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What we have found is that because of smartphones and access to media, and because everybody knows how everyone else lives, you have no idea where the next huge social movement is going to erupt.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Yong Kim" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/what-we-have-found-is-that-because-of-smartphones-and-access-to-media/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/jim-yong-kim-15065_access_what-we-have-found-is-that-because-of-sm_2531624.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/jim-yong-kim-15065_access_what-we-have-found-is-that-because-of-sm_2531624.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/jim-yong-kim-15065_access_what-we-have-found-is-that-because-of-sm_2531624.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What we have found is that because of smartphones and access to media, and because everybody knows how…” — Jim Yong Kim", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erupt/jim-yong-kim/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erupt/jim-yong-kim/", "name": "Erupt Quotes by Jim Yong Kim", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/erupt/jim-yong-kim/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/jim-yong-kim-15065_access_what-we-have-found-is-that-because-of-sm_2531624.png" }, "description": "1 Erupt quotes by Jim Yong Kim. 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