The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.

It is hard to smash a computer when you're laughing.

If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have heard of Bill Gates.

The US in some ways has been the best. Who figured out shale gas? Although that wasn't a good thing [for CO2 levels], it was very innovative. It's led to low-cost energy. Who figured out nuclear power? Largely the United States. Once you get past the steam engine, which is mostly British, then the US has been at the center of most of the energy things that have happened.

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

I considered law and math. My Dad was a lawyer. I think though I would have ended up in physics if I didn't end up in computer science.

I have an excellent memory, a most excellent memory.