Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach which the lat….

The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era..

In software you can't really add people and expect to get more done, because their ability to understand the program and what's going on it would req….

I get more spam than anyone I know..

I feel pretty stupid that I don't know any foreign languages. I wish I knew French or Arabic or Chinese..

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

So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising….

Analytical software enables you to shift human resources from rote data collection to value-added customer service and support where the human touch ….

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning..

In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actually do pick the university. The bizarre thing, th….

Success is a miserable teacher. It tempts intelligent people to believe they cannot lose. And it is an unreliable guide to the future..

We all know that there are these exemplars who can take the toughest students, and they'll teach them two-and-a-half years of math in a single year..

So we can simulate Richter-10 earthquakes. We simulate 70-foot waves coming into these things. Very cool. We basically say no human should ever be re….

I think if you talk to the experts in any field where you have to take on a unknown challenge, where you're going to be working on it for a long time….

The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challen….

Like a human being, a company has to have an internal communication mechanism, a "nervous system", to coordinate its actions..

Nobody has a guaranteed position in computer technologies business. We've done some good work, but all of these products become obsolete so fast and ….

This [philanthropy] work is even more fascinating. It requires us to think harder about how we build partnerships, who we get behind. And yet we get ….

The present and future of knowledge attainment and essential business skills..

Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down..

If you're asking whether I intentionally mess up my hair, no, I don't. And certain things, like my freckles, they're just there. I don't do anything ….