Developing World Quotes
64 quotes by 59 authors
-
I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let's call it the world.
— Hans Rosling
-
Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and…
— Romano Prodi
-
From my travels around the world I have seen how much damage and pollution is done by the careless disposal of waste. It is also…
— Michael Palin
-
You remove heavy metals out of the ground and you turn that into tables, and houses and bridges and dreams for people in the developing…
— Andrew Forrest
-
Investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.
— Lawrence Summers
-
If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I have learned after…
— Aga Khan IV
-
If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are…
— Bruce Sterling
-
Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing…
— Iain McGilchrist
-
A tin roof is one of the greatest indicators of prosperity in the developing world.
— Chelsea Clinton
-
We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water,…
— Kofi Annan
-
The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die…
— Jeremy Rifkin
-
If we could muster the same determination and sense of responsibility that saves a country like Japan - or a company like Xerox - then…
— Anne M. Mulcahy
-
It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
— P. Chidambaram
-
Government funding that's coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It's really palpable - it's…
— Melinda Gates
-
I feel great identification with the developing world.
— Bianca Jagger
-
About 75% of the price of gas is really dictated by crude oil. At the heart of the issue is increasing demand over a period…
— John S. Watson
-
I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should…
— Lee R. Raymond
-
Around 400 million people in the last year got a smartphone. If you think that’s a big deal, imagine the impact on that person in…
— Eric Schmidt
-
A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers…
— Clive James
-
Getting enough energy to satisfy the needs of the developing world without bringing on an eco-disaster is not going to be easy. It will require…
— Burton Richter
Who Wrote These Developing World Quotes
59 authors contributed a total of 64 Developing World Quotes, led by these top contributors: