In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance… you thrive on that.

I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don’t just think, ‘Yes, my country is doing well,’ but you think about the world at large.

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?

We’ve got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position.

You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines show us the way.

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

I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

Who decides what’s in Windows? The customers who buy it.

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity – the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.

Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.

I studied every thing but never topped.. But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees

In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation’s future.

Life is not fair, get used to it.

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

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.