Hans Rosling Quotes

Hans Rosling Swedish pronunciation: was a Swedish physician, academic, statistician, and public speaker. He was the Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system. He held presentations around the world, including several TED Talks in which he promoted the use of data to explore development issues. ...more

Birth: July 27, 1948 - Death: February 07, 2017

The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.

If your economy grows [by] 4 percent, you ought to reduce child mortality 4 percent.

Topic(s): Ifs , Children , Grows

I (naively) thought university training would make you better in following what happens in the world.

Topic(s): World , Happens , Training

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.

Topic(s): People , Thinking , Stills

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

Topic(s): Humans , War , Inspiration

I have a suggestion for a new name for the developing world. Let’s call it the world.

Topic(s): World , Names , Developing

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.