The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years.
I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.
You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.
Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development.
Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.
Oxford is wonderful. I'm having a great time. We do go out, but I still try to spend most of my time studying in the library.
Jackie Chan, I've known him, he's a great guy. I know he's very watchable and fun. He's perfect, actually.
There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s.
The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.
Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.
Eileen Ford wanted me to fix my nose and my teeth. I said, Sure, great, but I really had no intention to.
It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.
I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
Making money is a happiness. And that's a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness.
Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that.
There is a great demand everywhere in the world for individual mobility. People like the fact they are not on somebody else's schedule. They can come and go as they please.
I would say to young entrepreneurs and budding philanthropists - are you giving to feel good or do good?
The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.
Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.
Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales?
There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm.
