We can build a better product than Linux.

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.

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

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.

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.

Greatest irony of life is living in self glory while glorifying God which is the ultimate joy is left behind.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

There is nothing quite like a freshly brewed pot of tea to get you going in the morning.

Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.

Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.

What a searching preacher of self-command is the varying phenomenon of health.

My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I dont, I learn from the match and move on.

Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.