It is hard to overstate how valuable it is to have all the incredible tools that are used for human disease to study plants.
Measles will always show you if someone isn’t doing a good job on vaccinations. Kids will start dying of measles.
I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.
Inspiration starts somewhere.
Well, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.
Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.
There are people who don’t like capitalism, and people who don’t like PCs. But there’s no-one who likes the PC who doesn’t like Microsoft.
I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.
Microsoft is not about greed. It’s about innovation and fairness.
I have an excellent memory, a most excellent memory.
Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.
In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation’s future.
Today, the issue isn’t quantity of food as much as it is quality-whether kids are getting enough protein and other nutrients to fully develop.
I regret being the richest man in the world because that position attracts undeserved publicity.
How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.
To get a big company moving fast, especially on a many-headed opportunity like the Internet, you have to have hundreds of people participating and coming up with ideas.
My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.
The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn’t always where you want to use it, and it isn’t always when you want to use it.