“It’s the knowledge derived from information that gives you a competitive edge.”

The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response.

Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company.

If you are born Poor its not your mistake, but if you die poor its your mistake.

The world needs banking but it does not need banks.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

Software is more important than hardware.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Leaders are those who empower others.

Patience is a key element of success.

Be nice to nerds, they’ll probably be your boss one day.

If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.

The computer will live your life, listen to you and understand you better than humans can.

Whether I’m at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I’m looking forward to reading.

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

What I do best is share my enthusiasm.

Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent

I love what I do. I don’t do it for the money. I work on behalf of investors that I like and want to do well for. I’m a competitive person.

The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.

If there are too many competitors, even if you’re the best it’s a lot harder to win.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn’t like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me.

You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue.