“Life is not fair get used to it.”
Life“I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.”
Time“I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.”
Dreams“DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.”
Experience“Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.”
Truth“Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them.”
Time“I spend a lot of time reading.”
Time“Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.”
Change“It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof.”
Cool“If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.”
Teacher“People everywhere love Windows.”
Love“We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.”
Money“The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.”
Technology“People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.”
Change“Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.”
Dad“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.”
Great“Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.”
Time“In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.”
Business“If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.”
Good“Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.”
Government“Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.”
Morning