We have been doing things that are contrary; the things that people tell us won't work from the beginning. In fact, the only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.

Everyone thought the acquisition strategy was extremely risky because no one had ever done it successfully. In other words, it was innovative.

All you can do is all you can do.

When you find errors in conventional wisdom-when everyone says A and A is not true-you gain competitive advantage. Only a few times do you have to find errors in conventional wisdom to make a living.

I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.

If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden.

A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.