Focusing is about saying No.
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It’s about saying no to all but the most crucial features.
A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
Our industry does not respect tradition. It only respects innovation.
I may not be the top student in my university, but all the top students are working at my company, Microsoft.
We’re changing the world with technology.
If your culture doesn’t like geeks, you are in real trouble.
Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We’ve never wavered from that vision.
Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.
The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition is to do an outstanding job with information.
A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts.
We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without talking about the other.
The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.
The monster never dies.