Over 80% of the poor are people who have small plots of land and grow their own food and they don't grow enough to sell much into the marketplace. So they will be hit hard by the worst in climate. They really get hit hard starting in the 20-year time frame and thereafter.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.

Software was the key element that would determine how useable and how broadly applicable the machine was.

With a public library card in your hand, you have access to the Internet and a world of opportunities.

Married life is a simpler life. Who I spend my time with is established in advance.

It's pretty amazing to go from a world where computers were unheard of and very complex to where they're a tool of everyday life.