The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft inside Microsoft is always kind of an underdog thing.

If success corrupts, I'm probably pretty corrupted by now.

There are ecosystems like coral reefs [at risk] through ocean acidification. Those are valuable things that we should protect.

I don't think there's a... boundary between digital media and print media. Every magazine is doing an online version.

This [philanthropy] work is even more fascinating. It requires us to think harder about how we build partnerships, who we get behind. And yet we get to see progress that in some ways is even more profound than the great advances that digital technology has provided.

As for drugs - well, Gates was certainly not unusual there. Marijuana was the pharmaceutical of choice.

Don’t tax my income, tax my consumption.