“In particular, recently Belgium has banned the sale of a cellphone to a 7-year-old. Turkey has banned ads and advertising to children. So has France for children under 12. India has bans in certain areas. In Bangalore, you cannot sell a cellphone to someone younger than 16. So in different parts of the world, they've taken different steps.”
Optimistic feeling
Optimistic Quotes — page 82 of 204
“Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank”
“I think the key is - other icons told me this - you don't have to chase the money. The money is going to chase you. That's part of success. That's part of the blessings.”
“Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather.”
“We are optimists, until we are not.”
“With highly civilised nations continued progress depends in a subordinate degree on natural selection; for such nations do not supplant and exterminate one another as do savage tribes.”
“Progress has been much more general than retrogression”
“If you think it's going to rain, it will.”
“Money is necessary -- both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.”
“If (environmentalists) want to continue to beat those drums to solicit money from concerned soccer moms, they can do that. The reality on the ground is things are better as a result of Gale Norton's tenure.”
“The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low.”
“I believe the government has the right to recover from the heirs to the fortunes of its most successful citizens some portion of those fortunes.”
“The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have the edge in this area.”
“When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.”
“We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.”
“People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for the basic things we think everyone should get.”
“Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt in my mind that it's been a huge plus.”
“Look for things marked positive to you, like songs, because all dem things are right.”
“What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.”
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”