Creating a piece of software is always complicated because you're doing something new. If you just wanted something that had been done before you'd just use that old piece of software. So there are no repetitive tasks.

Vision without execution is daydreaming.

The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.

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.

The greatest thing you can do for your competition - hire poorly.

Anyone who spends their life on a computer is pretty unusual.

Life is a lot more fun if you treat its challenges in creative ways.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm not in.

I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.

Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change.

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

Solutions to all biological problems are greatly advanced by the sequencing work and the new tools that are created.

It's hard to improve public education - that's clear.

[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.

You can make money and you can make excuses, but you can never make money out of excuses

I watched the piles of feces go up the conveyor belt... They made their way through the machine... A few minutes later I took a long taste of the end result: a glass of delicious drinking water.

I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.