Paul Allen Quotes

If you're looking to find a career that makes a difference - and work you really love - this book will show you how.

In the first eight or so years at Microsoft, we were always chained to our terminals, and after I got sick the first time, I decided that I was going to be more adventurous and explore more of the world.

What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?

The only regrets I have are rather prosaic - like I wish I went for a swim in the Pacific.

I was in a town of about 10,000 people, and a shipping container with a rusty microscope was their medical clinic.

I think it's going to be great if people can buy a ticket to fly up and see black sky and the stars. I'd like to do it myself-but probably after it has flown a serious number of times first!

Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you.

I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere.

Sometimes it's very difficult to find fresh fruit on the road.

Here's what the death knell for the personal computer will sound like: Mainly I use my phone/paid, but I still use my PC to write long e-mails and documents. Most people aren't there yet, but that's where we're headed

You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

While I sign off on trades or free agents, I've rarely overruled my basketball people's decisions. But I'm not shy about steering the discussion or pushing deeper if something doesn't make sense to me.

Traditionally, Seattle has been a great sports town and great football town. What the Huskies have achieved over the years has been pretty amazing. That's how I got my first taste of football - when I went with my father to Husky Stadium.

I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile.

In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point.

In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?

an architect should not take a position of throw more hardware at it... that will fix all the problems.

The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.