It’s been proven that of all the interventions to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

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

Microsoft's philosophy is to 'do things better.' And Vista has given us lots of opportunity to do that.

As you improve health in a society, population growth goes down. You know, I thought it was... before I learned about it, I thought it was paradoxical.

The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity. To turn caring into action, we need to see a problem, see a solution, and see the impact. But complexity blocks all three steps.

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way it will change the way we work, learn, and entertain ourselves as any of these previous advances.