It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It's a good thing we have museums to document that.
Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.
I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.
When you find an idea that you just can't stop thinking about, that's probably a good one to pursue.
Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
Leadership happens at every level of the organization and no one can shirk from this responsibility.
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
The key to success for everything in business, science and technology is never to follow the others.
The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.
I didn't even think about good guy, bad guy when I started. I was that unfamiliar with the business.