The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.

Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries – but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity – reducing inequity is the highest human achievement.

There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written.

Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

We win because we hire the smartest people. We improve our products based on feedback, until they're the best. We have retreats each year where we think about where the world is heading.