I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?'
I have learned to have more trust in the scientist than he does in himself.
I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn't want to make a bloody fool of myself.
Maybe it's whiner's fatigue, but I'm getting tired of hearing about how hard it is to start a company and be a CEO. It's not that hard.
The world, I think, will wait a long time for Nikola Tesla's equal in achievement and imagination.
Agribusiness could provide an opportunity for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, spurred on by Israeli technical expertise in this field.
Arab youth are taught to wonder, 'Since the Holocaust was a European affair, why are the Palestinians being forced to pay for the creation of Israel?'
The Arab world needs to appreciate that legitimate historical claims and modern necessities are what make Israel the homeland of the Jewish people.
With some diseases, like type 2 diabetes, if people get alerted early, they can take steps to avert getting sick.
I've been part of founding three companies that have gone public. It doesn't seem like a big number, but it's actually a lot.
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a little less fanatical.
Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.
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.
We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.
It is hard to overstate how valuable it is to have all the incredible tools that are used for human disease to study plants.
It's easier to add things on to a PC than it's ever been before. It's one click, and boom, it comes down.
Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.