I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

In a system of capitalism, as people's wealth rises, the financial incentive to serve them rises. As their wealth falls, the financial incentive to serve them falls, until it becomes zero. We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.

The huge turnout for Live 8 here and around the world proves that thanks to the leadership from people like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown the world is beginning to demand more action on global health and poverty.

Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.

The more you learn, the more you have a framework that the knowledge fits into.