I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he's got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups.

I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. People who are pessimistic about the future tend to extrapolate from the present in a straight line. But innovation fundamentally shifts the trajectory of development.

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

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

Software is the magic thing whose importance only goes up over time.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.

Microsoft is involved in setting some fairly key standards and people are afraid of it because they think, Geez, they are quite capable. It's daunting, I suppose.