If you're smart, you often want a feedback loop so you know if what you've done is... is right.

I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.

Microsoft is always two years away from failure.

It's OK for China to invent cancer drugs that cure patients in the United States. We want them to catch up. But as the leader, we want to keep setting a very, very high standard. We don't want them to catch up because we're slowing down or, even worse, going into reverse.

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’re no longer in the days where every program is super well crafted. But at the heart of the programs that make it to the top, you’ll find that the key internal code was done by a few people who really knew what they were doing.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.