Billions Quote by Herman Kahn

Successful people are willing to do what makes them uncomfortable in the interest of growth.

— Bob Proctor

I'm convinced that if the same opportunities were made available to everybody, people would want to better their lot in life.

— Robin Leach

“When growth becomes a supreme good, unrestricted by any other ethical considerations, it can easily lead to catastrophe.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

How do we give credible hope to the billion poorest people in the world? It requires compassion to get ourselves started, and enlightened self-interest…

— Paul Collier

Economic gains on their own, without a vision for society to accompany them, will result in a squandered prosperity that will ultimately be unsustainable.

— Leo Varadkar

People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a good thing.

— Tom Scholz

No people ever yet benefited by riches if their prosperity corrupted their virtue.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Growth is a substitute for equality of income. So long as there is growth there is hope, and that makes large income differentials tolerable.

— Henry Wallich

Those fortunate to achieve great wealth should put it to work for the good of humanity.

— Paul Allen

Individual initiative alone and the mere free play of competition could never assure successful development. One must avoid the risk of increasing still more…

— Pope Paul VI

If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate…

— Adam Davidson

...many of us inhibit our capacity for growth because the culture encourages us to live lives of uniformity. We stall, deny, ignore the ensuing…

— Joan Anderson