The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.

On the supply side, for innovation, you'd say, go look at those R&D budgets, and they haven't moved in the last 20 years. In the case of the US - which is the majority of R&D funding across every category you can name: health, energy, whatever - it's been about $5 billion a year from the Department of Energy.

In a budget, how important is art versus music versus athletics versus computer programming? At the end of the day, some of those trade-offs will be made politically.

Customer service will become the primary value added function of every business.

Playing Bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like. I was watching my daughter ride horses this weekend and that is also a bit old fashioned but fun. I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer but I like the way I do it.

In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education.

If you're too focused on your current business, it's hard to change and concentrate on innovating.