I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

Harnessing steam power required many innovations, as William Rosen chronicles in the book 'The Most Powerful Idea in the World.'

My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

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.

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.