I know that historically our foundation has had great relations with all the administrations.[Bill] Clinton administration did a lot of outreach. The greatest rise in U.S. foreign aid was under the [George] Bush administration, that's where we got the AIDS initiative, which is called PEPFAR.

Inspiration starts somewhere.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.

I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.

A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts.

The greatest thing you can do for your competition - hire poorly.