I’d like to own Microsoft shares until I either give something to charity or I die.

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.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Whoever decides to hate others has chosen to walk alone.

Doing differently what’s already done is old and boring. Do something new, that’s yet to be done.

The best is to prioritize kingdom laws and principles

I never think of myself as an attacker, only as a defender - usually of rights - mine and others.

I would borrow my mom's red Borghese lipstick and smear it on like a clown!

Communication is vital when it comes to excelling in the workplace and in your personal relationships.

There are a lot of questions that come out of the silence. It is so close to the infinite.

We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool.

Why should I be weary when every cell of my body is bursting with life?