Davos 2015: Who said what

Every year since 1971, political, academic and corporate leaders from across the globe gather in the Alps to talk about critical issues facing the year ahead.

This year saw more than 2,500 leaders attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, from presidents and CEOs, to internationally-acclaimed musicians Pharrell Williams and Will.i.Am.

Here are a handful of some of the most memorable quotes from this year's 2015 World Economic Forum.

Written by Catherine Boyle

"This year has started with a bang that shook us to the core."

"We are literally going to have humanity harmonized."

"The only way we're going to make more data accessible and unleash all the potential ... is if it gets cheaper."

"[In the future], the Internet will disappear… you won't even sense it, it will be part of your presence all the time."

"Ebola did less damage than the reaction to the disease."

"We cannot and should not stop people from migration. We have to give them a better life at home. Migration is a process, not a problem."

"Users own their data and should have control of how their data is used."

"(Quantitative easing) will work because it is big, because it's strong, and because it's open-ended"

"We have to recognize that the era when central bank improvisation can be the world's growth strategy is coming to an end."

"We will see a much worse time in Russia. A lot of mistakes have been made."

"If we are simply a community of economic interests, we are finished."

"If I could compare the Chinese economy to a running train…This train will not lose speed or momentum."

"Fall in love with the government, but never marry them."

"Inflation is like cholesterol. There are two kinds...we have the good kind."