When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.

Your customers get better when you do.

Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company

With a public library card in your hand, you have access to the Internet and a world of opportunities.

The government is somewhat inept, but the private sector is inept in general. How many companies do venture capitalists invest in that go poorly? By far most of them. However, every once in a while a Google or a Microsoft comes out, so people keep giving them money.

There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of.

The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.