The fundamental truth for developers is they will build if there are users.

I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available.

You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you're successful, sometimes your not, but it's the average that counts.

If you don't jump on the new, you don't survive.

When I think about my career, my successes are built on learning from failures.

We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more.

Every opportunity I got, I took it as a learning experience.

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.

Information technology is at the core of how you do your business and how your business model itself evolves.

Believe me, my journey has not been a simple journey of progress. There have been many ups and downs, and it is the choices that I made at each of those times that have helped shape what I have achieved.

One thing we've talked a lot about, even in the first leadership meeting, was, what's the purpose of our leadership team? The framework we came up with is the notion that our purpose is to bring clarity, alignment and intensity.

You look at marketing: everything that's happening in marketing is digitized. Everything that's happening in finance is digitized. So pretty much every industry, every function in every industry, has a huge element that's driven by information technology. It's no longer discrete.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning 'bit' always switched on.

India for sure is a mobile-first country. But I don't think it will be a mobile-only country for all time. An emerging market will have more computing in their lives, not less computing, as there is more GDP and there is more need. As they grow, they will also want computers that grow from their phone.

At Microsoft, we're aspiring to have a living, learning culture with a growth mindset that allows us to learn from ourselves and our customers. These are the key attributes of the new culture at Microsoft, and I feel great about how it seems to be resonating and how it's seen as empowering.

I will talk about two sets of things. One is how productivity and collaboration are reinventing the nature of work, and how this will be very important for the global economy. And two, data. In other words, the profound impact of digital technology that stems from data and the data feedback loop.

I think the combination of graduate education in a field like Computer Science and the opportunity to apply this in a work environment like Microsoft is what drove me. The impact these opportunities create can lead to work that has broad, worldwide impact.

Never is my life have I ever experienced anything as crazy as this.

I want to give a shout-out to all my Saudi Arabian brothers and sisters. If you could all please send me some oil for my jet, I would truly appreciate it.

Ive always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd.

I love New York, it's always been my home. It has everything - music, fashion, entertainment, impressive buildings, huge parks, street cafes. And it's very international, with people from all over the world.

Being from New York, there's three things you know about Hollywood. You know about the Hollywood sign, Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard with the stars.

It just gets draining on a person being in the papers every day. So I was like, I'm gonna come back here. I want to talk to all the people, the fans. I want to let them know how much I appreciate all their support.

I've never really taken more than four days off, so it was a lot for me to go away for three-and-a-half months. I went all over Europe. I walked on a whole bunch of beaches and I did a lot of thinking.

I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason.

Picture all the money that I've gotten off tours. Now picture me plotting for more.

I'm a big Backstreet Boys fan. I always give y'all shoutouts. I love the things y'all do.

I'm gonna go down in history as being one of the best music men and businessmen in entertainment ... The people that I'm going to be greater than are Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Clive Davis.

Nearly every black man faces an unacceptable level of violence in this society. I'm not different. Money can shield you; it can protect you. But it doesn't make you white.

I think Hanson is gonna be around for a long time. I think that they're three great, talented young men.

Though I love you like a brother, I would rather be your lover.

I felt like my vote was the vote that put [Obama] into office. It was down to one vote, and that was going to be my vote. And that may not be true, but that's how much power it felt like I had.

If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance.

There's a huge AIDS epidemic in Africa, and one of Bad Boy's plans this year is to give more awareness to that. We're gonna be doing a big charity concert helping to save some of the brothers and sisters in Africa.

You must wanna be in the Guinness Book of World Records as the dumbest.

All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

If you want something bad enough and you have that desire, you'll walk to another state or country if you have to.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.

I feel safe in white because deep down inside, I'm an angel.

I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves.

Let your soul lead the way, cause I'm that enemy that you can't see.

Words can't express what you mean to me.

But treat dimes fair and I'm bigger than the city lights down in times square

You have to be somewhat crazy, if you want to be successful.

Take the craziest dream you ever had and go after it. Make it a reality. I don't want you to dream, I want you to do.

You should do what we do, stack chips like Hebrews.

I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie.

Can't nobody take my pride. Can't nobody hold me down.

I'm glad the truth is out. I'm glad everyone knows I'm innocent, not guilty.

I can't say that I've fully achieved my dream yet. I'm just starting to evolve.