Since I Became Chairman, I've Tried To

Few Influential People Involved With The Internet Claim That It Is A Good In And Of Itself. It Is A Powerful Tool For Solving Social Problems, Just As It Is A Tool For Making Money, Finding Lost Relatives, Receiving Medical Advice, Or, Come To That, Trading Instructions For Making Bombs.

When I Was A Young Student, I Thought Grow-ups Would Come And Make Things Work. Now I Realize That Grown-ups Are Just Kids With Wrinkles.

I Had A Lot Of Successes, But What Really Made Me Fearless Was My Complete Failure At Zidd-davis. Once You've Lived Through That, You Know You Can Survive, And You're Not As Scared... There's Nothing To Build Confidence Like Real Achievement, But Also Like Real Failure.

In The Sense That People Who Produce Things And Work Get Rewarded, Statistically. You Don't Get Rewarded Precisely For Your Effort, But In Russia You Got Rewarded For Being Alive, But Not Very Well Rewarded.

I Believe In Markets Doing What They Do Well, Which Is To Develop Technology, And Letting Citizens Do What They Ideally Do Well, Which Is To Set Policy.