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Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response.
In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching.
The billion people who wake up every day trying to figure out if they have enough food to eat won't be at Davos.
We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.
The market does not drive the scientists, the communicators, the thinkers, the government to do the right things.
A company's ability to respond to an unplanned event, good or bad is a prime indicator of its ability to compete.
Kenya’s M-Pesa proves that when people are empowered, they will use digital tech to innovate on their own behalf.
So we do software for watches, for phones, for TV sets, for cars. And some of these take a long time to catch on.
Measles will always show you if someone isn't doing a good job on vaccinations. Kids will start dying of measles.
According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.
It’s been proven that of all the interventions to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best.
Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.
SPAM is taking e-mail, which is a wonderful tool, and exploiting the idea that it's very inexpensive to send mail.
We [Corbis] make it so easy to call up images, whether art or people or beaches or sunsets or Nobel Prize winners.
You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code.
Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.
In some ways, if you make mistakes with your own money, you don't feel as bad about it as if it was someone else's.
If you are low income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than getting a 4-year degree.
I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.
The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.
There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.
Kids are taking PCs and the Internet to new heights. They're the ones that are designing the cutting-edge web sites.
Natural epidemics can be extremely large. Intentionally caused epidemics, bioterrorism, would be the largest of all.
Solutions to all biological problems are greatly advanced by the sequencing work and the new tools that are created.
No more misquoted forms, lost invoices, redundant entries, missing checks, or delays caused by incomplete paperwork.
People care a lot that the USA is well run, and people globally expect us to do things in upgrading science and more.
Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.
I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'
I don't think there's a... boundary between digital media and print media. Every magazine is doing an online version.
See the clock only when you have No work.... Don't see the clock when you are working.... Clock is a lock for success
The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid.
The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.
Sorghum is kind of unusual. It can go to very high heats, but it's not as productive in most environments as maize is.
If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.
Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.
Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries – but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.
I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.
There was a magical breakthrough when the computer became cheap and we could see that everyone could afford a computer.
Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.
Getting ready for a global pandemic is every bit as important as nuclear deterrence and avoiding a climate catastrophe.
Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.
China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth.
There is this thing called the GPL (Gnu Public Licence), which we disagree with... nobody can ever improve the software.
The next big invention that will change the way we live should be things like ways of generating energy like electricity.
Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world
The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
The impact of improving health is that the population growth goes down, and so you can educate more kids, feed more kids.
Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.
My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.