Steve Ballmer Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

I have a hard time with businesses that don’t make money at some point.

I have a hard time with businesses that don’t make money at some point.

We will make our products work out of the box.

We will make our products work out of the box.

offered far more choices and benefits to consumers.

offered far more choices and benefits to consumers.

It's how tenacious you are that will determine your success.

It's how tenacious you are that will determine your success.

Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders.

Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders.

We're going to think big, we're going to bet big.

We're going to think big, we're going to bet big.

Only our company and a handful of others are poised to write the future.

Only our company and a handful of others are poised to write the future.

I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.

I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.

Accessible design is good design.

Accessible design is good design.

The world is changing, but so is Microsoft.

The world is changing, but so is Microsoft.

I didn't leave business school to go bankrupt.

I didn't leave business school to go bankrupt.

Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards.

Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards.

Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

We don't have a monopoly, We have a market share, There's a difference.

We don't have a monopoly, We have a market share, There's a difference.

No. 1 thing is that life is just not as interrupt-driven as when you're running a company.

No. 1 thing is that life is just not as interrupt-driven as when you're running a company.

I don't know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me.

I don't know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me.

I would love to see all open-source innovations happen on top of Windows.

I would love to see all open-source innovations happen on top of Windows.

Eventually, the Internet will be accessed by PC, television, and wireless devices.

Eventually, the Internet will be accessed by PC, television, and wireless devices.

I don't think anyone has done a product that I see customers wanting.

I don't think anyone has done a product that I see customers wanting.

Computer science is the operating system for all innovation.

Computer science is the operating system for all innovation.

Our main product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.

Our main product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.

I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.

I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.