In my dreams it happens, when I wake up I just hope for an even better and stronger UN. Hans Rosling More Quotes by Hans Rosling More Quotes From Hans Rosling You don't have to get rich to have [fewer] children. It has happened across the world. Hans Rosling poverty children world What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia? Hans Rosling motivation war country There are two billion fellow human beings who live on less than $2 a day. Hans Rosling motivation inspiration two My husband is my most valuable resource. Hans Rosling my-husband resources husband As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the thesaurus built into my Microsoft Word U.K. Software. Hans Rosling microsoft-word goldfish use When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift. Hans Rosling sleep night thinking Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy Hans Rosling analysis political decision If your economy grows [by] 4 percent, you ought to reduce child mortality 4 percent. Hans Rosling motivation inspiration children Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow. Hans Rosling population average children The database hugging in public institutions is hampering innovation. Hans Rosling databases hug innovation Eighteen fifty-eight was a year of great technological advancement in the West. That was the year when Queen Victoria was able, for the first time, to communicate with President Buchanan, through the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. And they were the first to ‘Twitter’ transatlantically. Hans Rosling eight queens years I (naively) thought university training would make you better in following what happens in the world. Hans Rosling university training world Religion has very little to do with the number of babies per woman. All the religions in the world are fully [able] to maintain their values and adapt to this new world. Hans Rosling god numbers baby The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments. Hans Rosling day good food people Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult. Hans Rosling difficult impact easy fame I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress. Hans Rosling skill poverty progress people My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then I got a sword-swallower as a patient, and he taught me. Hans Rosling best me medical school I am not an optimist. I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically with the world. Hans Rosling i-am serious work world The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work done, it's done in China.' Hans Rosling done want work world I meet so many that think population growth is a major problem in regard to climate change. But the number of children born per year in the world has stopped growing since 1990. The total number of children below 15 years of age in the world are now relatively stable around 2 billion. Hans Rosling growth change age children