What a sad business, being funny 

The comedies are not a million laughs on the set. Its business and the dramas are business as well, really. When I'm writing it I struggle more with drama because I started out in comedy.

Generals aren't in the business of commenting on the correctness or incorrectness of the President's decisions. Anybody who thinks he should be able to do that ought to be fired on the spot.

“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.” 

“What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.”

I'm not into business at all.

Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want.

If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair.

On my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you'll never go back, because it has a direct impact on productivity.

In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.

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.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.

People are using Windows PCs more than they watch TV now.

In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That's quite clear.

To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination, and the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.

This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing.

I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.

Certainly, the Windows share of servers is strong.

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.

Who decides what's in Windows? The customers who buy it.

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.

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

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.