In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science - really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.

You're never going to get the amount of CO2 emitted to go down unless you deal with the one magic metric, which is CO2 per kilowatt-hour.

Microsoft has had its success by doing low-cost products and constantly improving those products and we've really redefined the IT industry to be something that's about a tool for individuals.

I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.

I studied every thing but never topped.... But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees

Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.