What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?' . — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think these things [social networks] are going to have some legs,and yet there's a faddishness, a faddish nature about anything that… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and businesses more… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
It's always great when you get a lot of people pushing themselves to do better, be better, invent better, better serve, better… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
There are other ways I think of myself as spoiling myself ... I ... get a massage once a week. Other people… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
500 dollars? Fully subsidized? With a plan? I said that is the most expensive phone in the world. And it doesn't appeal… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Everyone likes to differentiate between business and consumers but I don't see the difference really. Most people are people. I get personal… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
If you look at companies with upside potential, Twitter's right there. They've established a brand in a world where it's extremely difficult… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I've been doing lot of work, and hopefully will bring it to fruition in a way people can see it, really understanding… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
All companies of any size have to continue to push to make sure you get the right leaders, the right team, the… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The lifeblood of our business is that R&D spend. There's nothing that flows through a pipe or down a wire or anything… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
"There's no CEO for the government." But if you were CEO for a day at the government, would you have tools and… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The one thing that I think separates Microsoft from a lot of other people is we make bold bets. We're persistent about… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I don't really know that anybody's proven that a random collection of people doing their own thing actually creates value. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
[Apple and RIM] are probably restricted, in some sense, to a certain maximum. ... If you want to reach more people than… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don't worry enough about whether they'll… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Baseball is a set of individuals doing their thing in the same team, but it's much more individual. In basketball people are… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
My wife spent a lot of time on what we do from a civic contribution giving perspective, for a number of years,… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Accessible design is good design - it benefits people who don't have disabilities as well as people who do. Accessibility is all… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I think I have a pretty good pulse… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
One might ask the question: Is the mortgage interest deduction doing a better job, a worse job, if it's supposed to promote… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
When you're running a company, you have employees - lots of them - that can interrupt your schedule. You have customers that… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What's a PC? — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
There's a lot of Google fascination out there and we share it, and we're going to compete, we're going to compete very, very hard. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I’d like to own Microsoft shares until I either give something to charity or I die. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to surface that… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs improvement." I… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The way I do things I usually always prefer to have a very clear strategy and be very focused. At the same time to… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
At Microsoft I had many years of experience and history and seeing connections. With my direct reports, the job at Microsoft was to delegate… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
[Apple and RIM] are probably restricted, in some sense, to a certain maximum. ... If you want to reach more people than that, you… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
This is all about having great leaders who can drive agile innovation and agile decision-making. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don't worry enough about whether they'll love the… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I don't think there is one size that fits all [] I've been to too many meetings with journalists who spent the first 10… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
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