If we [Microsoft Corporation] weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind and become a mediocre company. Fear should guide you, but it should be latent. I have some latent fear. I consider failure on a regular basis.

When you have a product that has zero sales, it is easy for people to say whatever they want about it and almost fantasize about it.

You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code.

When you lose a customer, it can be tempting to tell each other, "That customer's not very sharp. They just made the wrong decision".

Investing in innovation, which was my broad theme talking to [Warren Buffett ], that included health vaccines, it included energy and education.

Bitcoin is a technological tour de force

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.