Waking up every morning, thinking about the work undertaken and the technology developed which will have a tremendous impact and changes on human life, I will be extremely excited and agitated.
每天早晨醒來，壹想到所從事的工作和所開發的技術將會給人類生活帶來的巨大影響和變化，我就會無比興奮和激動。
——《比爾·蓋茨全傳》（《Biography of Bill Gates》）卷三-經營篇，第壹章-超凡卓越-勤敬是成事之本（P125）