The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the gap gets less.

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

Started from the chair hop now we here.

I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.

The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.

There's a true schizophrenia where if you say to voters, you know, do you think the federal government spends too much money and they should spend less, they say yeah, absolutely. Then you name specific things, like Pell grants for students and they say, no, not that. How 'bout NIH, medical research funding? Nah, you really shouldn't cut that. And pretty soon you've proved that what the American public is against is arithmetic.

Microsoft has had its success by doing low-cost products and constantly improving those products and we've really redefined the IT industry to be something that's about a tool for individuals.