Software is definitely engineering. It's different in that we take on novel tasks every time. It's not like building a certain bridge that is virtually identical to some previous bridge or some previous building.

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

I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.

I think any statement about stock prices is always suspect unless it's made by Warren Buffett.

When we face a choice between adding features and resolving security issues, we need to choose security.

Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.

If somebody is working on a new medicine, computer science helps us model those things. We have a whole group here in Seattle called the Institute for Disease Modelling that is a mix of computer science and math-type people, and the progress we're making in polio or plans for malaria or really driven by their deep insights.