“A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything.”

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.

The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.

If I don’t get along with Democrats, I’m sort of, like, out of business.

Dont count the things you do, do the things that count.

We need to continue to work toward market stability.

It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

It’s always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don’t believe in repeating.

No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.