Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they ... can never be without some element of education.

Linux is its own worst enemy: it's splintered, it has different distributions, it's too complex to run for most people.

You go to developing countries today and you'll find automobiles that you haven't seen since you're childhood and that's because they really are valuable, they're taken care of, they're repaired, and when something breaks, they just don't buy a new one, they actually fix it.

When you meet a head of state, and you say, 'What is your most precious natural resource?' they will not say children at first, and then when you say, 'children,' they will pretty quickly agree with you.

My goal is not selling laptops. OLPC is not in the laptop business. It's in the education business.

Remember that the military used wind-up radios for years.