There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away.

My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.

I was announcing to the public, in 2006, that I'd be leaving Microsoft in a couple of years and focusing full-time on the foundation. That was the time at which we went back to New York and Warren [Buffett] announced these gifts to a number of foundations, with a very high percentage of it going to us and basically doubling our capacity.

Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.

When I walk into a grocery store and look at all the products you can choose, I say, "My God!" No king ever had anything like I have in my grocery store today.

Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world

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.