Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

When Ford sells a car, a dealer isn't allowed to take out the engine and put a different one in. When a newsstand sells the Washington Post, no one can go to the newsstand and pay them to rip out the classified section and put their own classified section in - if they could, they would do so.

Driving up the value of the advertising is a big commitment for Microsoft.

Windows is probably the most important product in the entire PC industry. Everything we do in terms of supporting touch, new hardware, accessibility has incredible impact.

The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard.

Security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit; your machine can be taken over totally.

Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.

Skype actually does get a fair bit of revenue.

Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.

There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want.

SPAM is taking e-mail, which is a wonderful tool, and exploiting the idea that it's very inexpensive to send mail.

3D is a way of organizing things, particularly as we're getting much more media information on the computer, a lot more choices, a lot more navigation than we've ever had before.

Being able to see an activity log of where a kid has been going on the Internet is a good thing.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

Certainly, the Windows share of servers is strong.

I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.

Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses - it's progressing. Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set.

The future of advertising is the Internet.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students

Apple has always leveraged technologies that the PC industry has driven to critical mass - the bus structures, the graphics cards, the peripherals, the connection networks, things like that - so they're kind of in the PC ecosystem and kind of not.

The spread of online information isn't just good for charities. It's also good for donors. You can go to a site like Charity Navigator, which evaluates nonprofits on their financial health as well as the amount of information they share about their work.

To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination, and the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.

Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected?

We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

Most poor people live in the poorest countries.

Most poor people live in the poorest countries.

In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That's quite clear.

In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organisation to operate more effectively.

The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.

Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.

My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.

The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.

My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.

I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.

Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.

People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then.

The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to help close the deficit.

Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.

People are using Windows PCs more than they watch TV now.

I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.

People don't want lots and lots of single purpose devices. They do not want to have to learn how to set up something for photos, another thing for music, another thing for video.

I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.