Davos Quotes

• But beginners to the World Economics Forum have to understand there is no single Davos experience, and there is no single Davos community either. There are numerous tribes who interact only at a minimal level.

  Evan Davis

  Community, Beginners, World

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• One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. When he'd been younger, Davos had dreamed of making such voyages himself. But the years went dancing by like moths around a flame, and somehow the time had never been quite right.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Flames, Years

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.237, Bantam

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• What would a Frey know of honor? - Sir Davos Seaworth

  George R. R. Martin

  Honor, Knows

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• The north remembers, Lord Davos. The north remembers, and the mummer’s farce is almost done. My son is home.

  George R. R. Martin

  Home, Son, Farce

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.3463, Bantam

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• The billion people who wake up every day trying to figure out if they have enough food to eat won't be at Davos.

  Bill Gates

  People, Trying, Wake Up

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• At Facebook we feel a lot of affinity not just for this community but for any community that is trying to do what Davos is trying to do, which is to share information. And Davos is doing it in a particular way - I think the Facebook approach is obviously more broad-based, we're trying to include everyone in the world. But the goal is the same: bring people together, to share information and make the world more connected, and have people have a deeper understanding of themselves, others, the communities of which they want to be a part and can be a part.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Thinking, People, Goal

  Source: techcrunch.com

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• ...one of the most inventive forms of creative capitalism involves someone we all know very well. A few years ago, I was sitting in a bar here in Davos with Bono. Late at night, after a few drinks, he was on fire, talking about how we could get a percentage of each purchase from civic-minded companies to help change the world. He kept calling people, waking them up, and handing me the phone to show me the interest.

  Bill Gates

  Business, Night, Talking

  "A New Approach to Capitalism in the 21st Century". Bill Gates' speech at World Economic Forum 2008 in Davos, Switzerland, news.microsoft.com. January 24, 2008.

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• Well, it's taken time to get this going, but he was right. If you give people a chance to associate themselves with a cause they care about, while buying a great product, they will. That was how the RED Campaign was born, here in Davos.

  Bill Gates

  Business, Taken, People

  "A New Approach to Capitalism in the 21st Century". Remarks by Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation, World Economic Forum 2008 in Davos, Switzerland, news.microsoft.com. January 24, 2008.

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