It is crucial that young people are taught sustainable child production and rearing.

Some writers sit down without a thought of what they are going to say, and they go through draft after draft.

I don't know if I've ever cared much what others think.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

You can always think of something like the Xbox 360 as a super set-top box that can do everything the set-top box does, but then have the graphics to do the games as well.

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence.

My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

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

I think there will be PCs at every price point.

 “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”

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

I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it's just such a dramatic success.

I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them.

I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

The protestor I think will speak up for the world's poorest.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.