To create a new standard it takes something that's not just a little bit different. It takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination. And the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.

If you believe that every life has equal value, it’s revolting to learn that some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not. We said to ourselves: “This can’t be true. But if it is true, it deserves to be the priority of our giving.”

I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.

I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.

Middle-income countries are the biggest users of GMOs. Places like Brazil.

I believe the government has the right to recover from the heirs to the fortunes of its most successful citizens some portion of those fortunes.

I regret being the richest man in the world because that position attracts undeserved publicity.