But a big paradigm shift is staring us in the face. If I left things to someone else despite having my own thoughts on it, I wouldn't be true to myself.

I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom and data is the knowledge.

I'm a man, and I think every man wants to be No. 1.

Whatever the country, whatever the culture, whatever the time, when you become a big enough organization, you start to collapse and slow down.

Jack's [Ma Yun ] theory is that whoever controls data controls the world.

If something happened, like engineers starting to quit, things would go downhill fast.

We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence.

Our aim is to develop affectionate robots that can make people smile.

If a bird does not bring out all of the songs on its heart, all its symphonies die inside.

We keep moving. And as we do, the things around us, well, they disappear.

People can turn into idiots if they're alone for long enough. (Mum)

It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it

I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.

That vision of a common culture is now simply a remote wistfulness.

I look forward to the challenge, but most importantly, I look forward to the opportunity to do what hasn't been done that often, in a sense. Michael Jordan obviously has done it, but that's it.

Truth is only a question of point of view.

They weren’t idiots, but I attracted trouble that just begged me to beat it into submission.

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.