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

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...

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...

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

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

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 in the way they work, start with great leaders.

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

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...

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...

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

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

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it...

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it...

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....

We will make our products work out of the box.

We will make our products work out of the box.

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

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

I don't know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me.

I don't know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.