It is hard to overstate how valuable it is to have all the incredible tools that are used for human disease to study plants.

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

If success corrupts, I'm probably pretty corrupted by now.

Technology must be implemented as part of a thoughtful, holistic approach to education transformation that includes teacher training, relevant curricula, parental involvement, and programs for children that fill unmet needs for basics like nutrition and health care.

Solutions to all biological problems are greatly advanced by the sequencing work and the new tools that are created.

You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.