Davos 2015: Top quotes from day one

As the first full day of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum draws to a close, catch up on some of the best quotes from day one.

“We have a great obligation not only to look after our own interests, but to engage and to make sure that this meeting is at the beginning of a renaissance of trust.”
Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum in The Global Impact of China’s Economic Transformation. 

“The shadow banking sector has played an important role in cleaning up toxic assets.”
Anshu Jain, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank, Germany, in The New Banking Context

“Young people should think in a different way. They should be job-givers, not job-seekers.”
Muhammed Yunus, Chairman, Yunus Centre, Bangladesh

“It’s turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old.”
Alison Gopnik, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA, in this Issue Briefing on Artificial Intelligence

“If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.”
Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (2004-2014), in Forum Debate: Leadership in Crisis

“Sometimes you need a major crisis to bring people together.”
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

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Image: A participant uses her portable phone at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum at the congress centre in Davos, January 21, 2015. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Remy Steinegger