Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.

We flew down weekly to meet with IBM, but they thought the way to measure software was the amount of code we wrote, when really the better the software, the fewer lines of code.

When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's children. That distorts their life situation.

I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.

There are ecosystems like coral reefs [at risk] through ocean acidification. Those are valuable things that we should protect.

I'm certainly well taken care of in terms of food and clothes.

I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.