Every day were saying, 'How can we keep this customer happy?' How can we get ahead in innovation by doing this, because if we don't, somebody else will.

Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them.

No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs.

How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it. Almost nobody would say it's zero. But that's where at least we need the private sector to play a big role.

I believe that the world will be a safer place if there is enough food to go around, that it will be a more stable place if children grow up with opportunities instead of frustrations. Furthermore, I can only assume that if the United States plays a role in helping to create prosperous societies, we will have friends to call on in times of need.