I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm not in.

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes than other people.

Melinda [Gates] has been my partner in raising the kids and I went from before I met her, intentionally having an unbalanced life, to having a more balanced life with all sorts of fun things that she and I do together.

See the clock only when you have No work.... Don't see the clock when you are working.... Clock is a lock for success

Eventually we'll be able to sequence the human genome and replicate how nature did intelligence in a carbon-based system.

I like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things. I like the fact that if people really try they can figure out how to invent things that actually have an impact.