Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company

Setting clear goals and finding measures that will mark progress toward them can improve the human condition.

If we [Microsoft Corporation] weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind and become a mediocre company. Fear should guide you, but it should be latent. I have some latent fear. I consider failure on a regular basis.

When I walk into a grocery store and look at all the products you can choose, I say, "My God!" No king ever had anything like I have in my grocery store today.

I would certainly use my voice to try and avoid anything that undermines confidence, so that parents are using vaccines fully.

[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.