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

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.

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

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 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.

There is no such thing as relationships in this world. It is really a self-created net. Do these cows-buffalos have any relationships? They don’t have a mother-in-law, no father-in-law...

Do what is right not what is convenient.

Microkernels are not a pipe dream. They represent proven technology.

I sold my soul, you brought it back for me. And held me up, and gave me dignity.

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

In the end what you don't surrender, well, the world just strips away.

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Endurance? You've only got to get out there and do it. Face up to it: man was meant to run.

I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.