Having kids has been a fantastic thing for me. It's meant that I'm a little more balanced. In my twenties I worked massively, hardly took vacation at all. Now, I, with the help of my wife, I'm always making sure I've got a good balance of how I spend my time.

If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet.

When you are failing, you are forced to be creative, to dig deep and think, night and day.

There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes than other people.

If the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were about reengineering, then the 2000s will be about velocity.

In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world get energy at a reasonable price.

Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it.