“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“I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?”
Life“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“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
Business“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 everywhere love Windows.”
Love“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.”
Business“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.”
Car“Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.”
Computers“Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.”
Truth“We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.”
Money“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“Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.”
Time“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
Learning“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“If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.”
Good“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“Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.”
Food“I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.”
Science“Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.”
Design“It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof.”
Cool“Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.”
Government