“DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.”
Experience“Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.”
Funny“DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.”
Experience“In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.”
Success“Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.”
Time“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“Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.”
Government“Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
Life“Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.”
Change“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
Success“Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.”
Society“If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.”
Teacher“It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
Failure“I spend a lot of time reading.”
Time“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
Learning“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”
Business“People everywhere love Windows.”
Love“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“The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.”
Death“If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture.”
Food“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“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