[My teacher] basically bribed me back into learning with candy and money and what was really remarkable was before very long I had such a respect for her that it sort of re-ignited my desire to learn.

Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently - they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.

The web is just going to be one more of those major change factors that businesses face every decade.

Focusing is all about saying no

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.

It's not like Windows users don't have any power. I think they are happy with Windows, and that's an incredibly depressing thought