Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.

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

The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.

Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our government spends money.