How we deal with the AIDS epidemic should be one of the greatest ways that the world gets measured. The report card for this era.

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

Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.

From the day Microsoft was started, the only constraint to our growth has been attracting ah, more great programmers, very smart, committed, ah, people. And so we're always on... on the look for ah, that kind of person.

When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity.

People care a lot that the USA is well run, and people globally expect us to do things in upgrading science and more.

People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.