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.

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.

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.

Early in life I had to choose between arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

Everything is done with a goal, and that goal is "good."

Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.

Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides.

He is the only man I ever met with a seersucker face.

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

Netflix is like sitting at the cool kids’ table. Netflix is amazing. We’re the biggest fans of not only working there, but of the company, in general.

There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice.

Because what we have done, we have thrown clothes off and they have picked them up and put them on.