Software is the magic thing whose importance only goes up over time.

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.

One thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products. There's not much leeway. The world is a lot more competitive than most people think, particularly in a high-technology area. If a company takes its eye off improving its products, if it tries to do anything that would be viewed as an exercise of power, it'll be displaced very rapidly.

Bioterrorism is like earthquakes, you should think in order of magnitudes. If you can kill 10 people that's a one, 100 people that's a two... Bioterrorism is the thing that can give you not just sixes, but sevens, eights and nines.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.

If you count E-mail, I'm on the Internet all day, every day.

If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.