The computer will live your life, listen to you and understand you better than humans can.

Whenever there is hard work to be done, I assign it to the laziest man as he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. Be lazy, think crazy.

I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years.

It is hard to smash a computer when you're laughing.

Some people read off of their Palms and Pocket PCs, but the real immersible reading experience takes a full-screen device.

If we [Microsoft Corporation] weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind and become a mediocre company. Fear should guide you, but it should be latent. I have some latent fear. I consider failure on a regular basis.

In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.