Paul Allen Quotes

What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?

You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.

Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high

In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?

When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help.

The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

I think it's going to be great if people can buy a ticket to fly up and see black sky and the stars. I'd like to do it myself-but probably after it has flown a serious number of times first!

The only regrets I have are rather prosaic - like I wish I went for a swim in the Pacific.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

For the most part, the best opportunities now lie where your competitors have yet to establish themselves, not where they're already entrenched. Microsoft is struggling to adapt to that new reality.

As a species, we've always been discoverers and adventurers, and space and the deep ocean are some of the last frontiers.

In a company where tech decisions were still ultracentralized, the repercussions of a distracted CEO had to be damaging.

I was in a town of about 10,000 people, and a shipping container with a rusty microscope was their medical clinic.

Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So I really love NFL football now to the degree of following it much more than I did previously.

Sometimes it's very difficult to find fresh fruit on the road.

I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile.

Even before I helped to co-found Microsoft, I saw a connected future . . . I called that future The Wired World.

There is sometimes only a very fine line between deliberation and procrastination.