This is a very noisy world, so we have to be very clear what we want them to know about us
The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.
Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable. And the way African men treat African women is total unacceptable.
Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.
I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.
I made money. I wanted to give it back to Africa but I wanted to give it back in a meaningful way. So I really want to do something which deals with the root of the problem of hunger, of disease, of ills we have in our society.
You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.
There's a pervasive feeling that when somebody sings a song and records a song on a record, that it's their true feeling.
We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare.
. . . the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals
Humans make the mistake of believing that it is their right to survive. Species die out on this planet all the time without anyone noticing. The planet will still be there, and we must lose this attitude of divine right, that something will save us.