Apple has always leveraged technologies that the PC industry has driven to critical mass - the bus structures, the graphics cards, the peripherals, the connection networks, things like that - so they're kind of in the PC ecosystem and kind of not.

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

The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.

An important re-engineering principle is that companies should focus on their core competence and outsource everything else.

Today, we take the risk of nuclear war quite seriously, climate change not so much and epidemics least of all. But no single country, not even the United States, is well prepared. And even if one country is doing the right things to protect itself, it has to be a global thing.

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

Teams should be able to act with the same unity of purpose and focus as a well motivated individual.