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" The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it. "

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" Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. "

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" It's possible - you can never know - that the universe exists only for me. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit. "

" I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has. "

" You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down. "

" Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works. "

" There's always been a lot of information about your activities. Every phone number you dial, every credit-card charge you make. It's long since passed that a typical person doesn't leave footprints. "

" China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%. "

" Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen. "

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

" Middle-income countries are the biggest users of GMOs. Places like Brazil. "

" The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful. "

" Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough. "

" OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me 'Trey' because I'm William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I'm also known. "

" The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market opportunities - that's something that appropriately ought to be done. "

" Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning. "

" Legacy is a stupid thing! I don't want a legacy. "

" When Ford sells a car, a dealer isn't allowed to take out the engine and put a different one in. When a newsstand sells the Washington Post, no one can go to the newsstand and pay them to rip out the classified section and put their own classified section in - if they could, they would do so. "

" Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero. "

" Google's done a super good job on search; Apple's done a great job on the IPod. "

" Common Core is a big win for education. "

" Philanthropy should be voluntary. "

" There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft. "

" The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and systems and having them be self-describing, so that you can aim them, ask them what their capabilities are, and communicate with them using a standard protocol. "

" 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. "

" The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs. "

" When the PC was launched, people knew it was important. "

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

" Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer. "

" When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that. "

" Living on $6 a day means you have a refrigerator, a TV, a cell phone, your children can go to school. That's not possible on $1 a day. "