“There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth.” — Peter Diamandis Quote

There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth.

As humans, we have evolved to compete... it is in our genes, and we love to watch a competition.

Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.

It's now possible to have your body 3D-imaged from head to toe at a sub-millimeter accuracy, showing every ripple of muscle or cellulite, to allow the perfect-fitting jeans or shoes.

If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.

We have never lived in a time with the opportunity to put a computer in the pocket of 5 billion people.

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole and a 350,000 job loss to a $2 billion surplus and a gain of 350,000 jobs.

I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.

If two billion people wanted to watch a robot fly by Pluto, imagine what it will be like when the first humans step on Mars. It'll be the most unifying event anybody could ever put on.