You would've liked him had you known him. He was a really good guy.

He was just a likeable guy who was just a really good faculty member.

He was liked by students a lot. He was a demanding instructor, but he cared a lot about the students he taught.

I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute.

For such a wealthy country, and one where there is such innovation, the tertiary enrolment rate in 2003 was 48.7 per cent. Compare that with Finland, which was 87.5 per cent. This is definitely something that should be addressed.

Last year the Swiss business leaders we asked placed the country 56th overall on a world scale and it actually dropped to 79th this year. There was a tangible higher sense of pessimism.