Teaching is the human thing, in terms of building the kids' self-confidence, so if we take the broad ways that we want to see society to be better, science can only provide certain pieces of that.

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.

You need to understand things in order to invent beyond them.

Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.

The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.

The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it.

The key thing you can do to reduce population growth is actually improve health.