"If you want to have a big impact, you have to take big risks."

"I think the main mistake I made, which was not realizing how important it would be to develop relationships in Washington, be engaged there."

"Microsoft has had its successes and failures, but we've always tried to learn from them."

"I think that the computer is the most important invention of the 20th century."

"The computer industry is not about computers anymore. It's about networks."