There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.
When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.
We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.
We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.
Almost every way we make electricity today, except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2. And so, what we're going to have to do at a global scale, is create a new system. And so, we need energy miracles.
I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.
I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.
If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.