Technology is going to transform people's lives and society everywhere in the world. I spend most of my time studying new technologies. My main task is to understand what's going on and try to see where we can fit in.

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

The key is the Internet. The United States is by far the most advanced country in this new digital culture, so we have to be there. The Internet is the heart of this new civilization, and telecommunications are the nervous system, or circulatory system.

You cannot have people in your organization who are pessimists. They take you to mediocrity.

Work well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.

Mistakes are normal and human. Make them small, accept them, correct them, and forget them.

It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.