Hans Rosling Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“There's still racism. Western Europe... has taken the native cultures of the Americas, the African cultures, the Asian civilization and lumped them together into The Others.”

“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?”

“You have to fit in sometimes to make people comfortable to listen to you.”

“Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.”

“There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa.”

“There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.”

“Well, the truth is I'm very scared for people to dislike me. I have conflict-avoidance.”

“We have great international experts within India telling us that the climate is changing, and actions has to be taken, otherwise China and India would be the countries most to suffer from climate change.”