purpose Quotes

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?

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market opportunities - that's something that appropriately ought to be done.

Like my friend Warren Buffett, I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. He calls it 'tap-dancing to work.'

Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.

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 was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.

I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.

In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.