future Quotes

We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

Robotics and other combinations will make the world pretty fantastic compared with today.

I have this very positive view of the world getting better and better. The list of things that could be huge setbacks is not very long: A nuclear war, climate change and epidemics.

The world today has 6.8 billion people...that's headed up to about 9 billion. If we do a really great job on vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 to 15 percent.

The next big invention that will change the way we live should be things like ways of generating energy like electricity.

When I say "miracle" I mean a kind of thing like a computer on a chip, or the internet, or the cellphone, that are really quite miraculous. Most people would not have predicted them, and their effect has been very,... ...

I really do think cancer will largely be a solved problem. I think most of the infectious diseases like malaria - our foundation is very involved - once we're finishing polio eradication, then starting up this malaria eradication, and getting... ...

Whether you believe it a moral imperative or in the rich world's enlightened self-interest, securing the conditions that will lead to a healthy, prosperous future for everyone is a goal I believe we all share.

The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.

I believe that every life is valuable. That we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future. That we're just getting started.