You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.

I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

A computer is the most incredible tool we've ever seen. It can be a writing tool, a communications center, a supercalculator, a planner, a filer and an artistic instrument all in one, just by being given new instructions, or software, to work from. There are no other tools that have the power and versatility of a computer.

We did not enter the search business. Google entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won't let them.

the best innovation is sometimes the company, the way you organize the company

Probably death is the best invention of life.