Apple really has no presence in business, and we think Vista's going to have a huge presence in business. We think we're going to help the corporate IT stack save money.

I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.

There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.

We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself.

I continue to see good growth in the mobile space; I expect to see PCs being the core driver in the home. And I mean that for entertainment along with the work-at-home space.

Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer, I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business.

I continue to see a healthy PC market, very healthy. The machines will continue to morph; you'll see smaller machines that have more capability.

We can build a better product than Linux.

I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft.

Today, the PC is often still considered just a tool, but together we need to make it a lot more than that. We need to make it a path to experiences.

Don't be scared to try and fail

Disbelief is the strongest tool in our arsenal.

Where fear is happiness is not.

Doubt is what allows a single gesture to have a heart.

The price of peace is eternal vigilance

The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.

I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats.

If you read to your kids you'll make readers out of them, partly because they'll associate reading with good parent time.

I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it. It reminded me a lot of my job as governor.

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.