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We paired this announcement of the R&D [commitment] with the so-called Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which is 27 [major investors] saying, "Hey, we'll put significant money into [energy innovations] when they're ready to spin out probably into startup companies."

We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.

You can make money and you can make excuses, but you can never make money out of excuses

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

When you have a product that has zero sales, it is easy for people to say whatever they want about it and almost fantasize about it.

Melinda [Gates] has been my partner in raising the kids and I went from before I met her, intentionally having an unbalanced life, to having a more balanced life with all sorts of fun things that she and I do together.