The only definition by which Americas best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.

Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10 percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.

You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code.

You can go overboard in how quickly you might expect new technologies to transform people's lives. But I very much believe the way software is used, the way information gets distributed, will be dramatically different within 10 years. There is fire to go with all this smoke.

That it's a worldwide thing that families are better off.

Our teachers deserve better feedback.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.