As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

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

Today, you always know whether you are on the Internet or on your PC's hard drive. Tomorrow, you will not care and may not even know.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.

I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG.