It's hard to invent a new thing, and it's just as hard to invent another new thing. Steve Ballmer More Quotes by Steve Ballmer More Quotes From Steve Ballmer The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential. Steve Ballmer creativitylearningtechnology I want to express my deepest condolences at the passing of Steve Jobs, one of the founders of our industry and a true visionary. My heart goes out to his family, everyone at Apple and everyone who has been touched by his work. Steve Ballmer condolencesheartjobs 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 businessleadershipinspirational You get some success. You run into some walls...it's how tenacious you are, how irrepressible, how ultimately optimistic and tenacious you are about it that will determine your success. Steve Ballmer runningmotivationalinspirational So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of self-improvement. I know we can continue to improve. There is no issue. But at the same time, our absolute level of output is fantastic. Steve Ballmer issuesselfthinking Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders. Steve Ballmer inspirationleadershipway 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. Steve Ballmer handsyearsideas There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. Steve Ballmer iphonelearningknowledge The way I do things I usually always prefer to have a very clear strategy and be very focused. At the same time to be very rock solid, and crisp in execution. Steve Ballmer executionrocksway Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. Steve Ballmer linuxcancerintellectual Developers, developers, developers, developers. Steve Ballmer developers I don't really know that anybody's proven that a random collection of people doing their own thing actually creates value. Steve Ballmer collectionsknowspeople My wife spent a lot of time on what we do from a civic contribution giving perspective, for a number of years, I've really joined her in that. We're focused on issues in the United States, particularly issues with people who have been trapped in neighborhoods in what I might call intergenerational poverty. Steve Ballmer issuesnumbersyears Accessible design is good design. Steve Ballmer good-designdesigndeath The world is changing, but so is Microsoft. Steve Ballmer microsoftworld I would love to see all open-source innovation happen on top of Windows. Steve Ballmer innovationsourcewindow 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. Steve Ballmer innovationspacenumbers We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference. Steve Ballmer differenceshumorousbusiness Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world. Steve Ballmer impactpeopleworld Whatever device you use, Windows will be there. Windows will be everywhere on every device without compromise. Steve Ballmer compromiseusewindow
