What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?' .

Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.

I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.

Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders.

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that.

Accessible design is good design.

There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.

The world is changing, but so is Microsoft.

You get some success. You run into some walls...it's how tenacious you are, how irrepressible, how ultimately optimistic and tenacious you are about it that will determine your success.

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came out of nowhere. We have the number one blogging site in the world because of the innovation that's there.

I don't really know that anybody's proven that a random collection of people doing their own thing actually creates value.

Just because the economy is down, doesn't mean that your spirit has to be down with it.

Constantly working outward, putting system after system inside the known universe, they were the bright hungry wave of mankind reaching out to gather in the stars.

We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail.

I take every day as it comes and if I have to be somewhere, I'll be there.

There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.

The kick [of comedy] is to think quickly. It's a great kick.

Tell me what chair you've designed and I'll tell you what sort of architect you are.

Take life one day at a time because every day is a different day with new challenges.

That should be considered long which can be decided but once.

When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.