Investing in industries and technology for the 21st century generates high-skilled, high-wage jobs for industries of the future.

— Jay Inslee

I think that in the 21st century, medical biology will advance at a more rapid pace than before.

— Shinya Yamanaka

I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Participatory complexity may well be the key descriptor of the 21st century - in our economies, in our politics, and in our everyday lives.

— Jamais Cascio

The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.

— Leonard Slatkin