The historian must be impartial, but not indifferent.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. This truth guides every decision we make.

我们期望晚餐不是出自屠夫、啤酒商或面包师的仁慈，而是出自他们对自身利益的考虑。

The only way to succeed is to have a product that is really, really good.