Bill Gates

“The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they s...”

“Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.”

“People want to watch whatever video they want to watch whenever they want to watch. If you provision your Internet infrastructure adequately, you can do that.”

“China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.”

“The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.”

“In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.”

“Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.”

“The future of advertising is the Internet.”

“Driving up the value of the advertising is a big commitment for Microsoft.”

“Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.”

“If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.”

“The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.”

“I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.”

“If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture.”

“Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government.”

“Countries which receive aid do graduate. Within a generation, Korea went from being a big recipient to being a big aid donor. China used to get quite a bit of aid; now it's aid-neutral.”

“Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved.”

“The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying.”

“India is more of an aid recipient than a provider of aid.”

“Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.”