325 Quotes by Steve Ballmer

Our industry is going through quite a wave of innovation and it’s being powered by a phenomenon which is referred to as the cloud.

In many ways I think the company’s doing quite a good job. If you look at the transition to Office 365 we started when I was there, I’m excited about that and I think the company’s doing a great job on that.

At Microsoft, we’re investing heavily in security because we want customers to be able to trust their computing experiences, so they can realize the full benefits of the interconnected world we live in.

It’s hard to invent a new thing, and it’s just as hard to invent another new thing.

It’s always great when you get a lot of people pushing themselves to do better, be better, invent better, better serve, better lead customers in new directions.

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 work, and they worry more about whether it’s good experience.

Any idea that turns out to be truly great can be harvested for tens of years. On the other hand, if you want to continue to be great, you’ve got to bet on new things, big, bold bets.

I loved every minute of my time at Microsoft, but I had always envisioned having another phase of life just because I thought that would be interesting. It had never been my plan to work until I literally didn’t want to do anything and then hang it up.

The Internet Was Designed For The PC. The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone.