I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up this company [Microsoft].

Quote by Steve Ballmer

Topics: Thinking Quotes

I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I...

I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I...

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the...

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the...

Our mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.

Our mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.

What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question...

What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question...

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people...

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people...

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I...

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I...

We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry...

We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry...

So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of...

So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of...

I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything....

I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything....

I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.

I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.

We will make our products work out of the box.

We will make our products work out of the box.

My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but...

My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but...

Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every...

Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every...

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in...

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in...

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's...

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's...

All companies of any size have to continue to push to make sure you get...

All companies of any size have to continue to push to make sure you get...

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came...

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came...

I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I...

I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I...