325 Quotes by Steve Ballmer

Getting the big things right that make all the money, that's long cycle, really executing in a way that allows you to do it, that's short cycle.

We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry to 23% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry over the last five years. Profits are up over 70%, where the industry profit is up about 35%. Pretty good.

The thing I put in my pocket has got to do more for me. It's got to let me access more information than just my appointments and contacts.

When you take a look at the transition from server software to Azure, what's going on in terms of cloud infrastructure, the company is absolutely the No. 1 company serving enterprise backbone needs, which is fantastic. It's making the migration to cloud. We started a good thing with Azure, and the company has made well more than two years of progress in terms of being able to compete with the right cost profile, margin structure, and innovation versus Amazon.

Our company has to be a company that enables its people.

In general, 50 percent of searches do not lead to the desired outcome. Does anybody not believe that the search experience is going to be dramatically better 10 years from now? Does anybody deny it would be nice to search within the enterprise and outside the enterprise?

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came out of nowhere. We have the number one blogging site in the world because of the innovation that's there.

I’d like to own Microsoft shares until I either give something to charity or I die.

I'm looking forward to the World Congress. It's a unique opportunity to share ideas with leaders from all over the globe and hear their perspectives on how the IT industry can change and improve.