Quotes from Paul Allen

If it hadn't been for our Traf-O-Data venture, and if it hadn't been for all that time spent on UW computers, you could argue that Microsoft might not have happened.

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.

Part of life has to be about enjoying life and having different experiences, especially if you're with friends and you're on an adventure on a boat or a submarine - it's a lot of fun.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

There's no enjoyment to losing money.

It's always interesting to bring scientists together, because they typically have very polarized views.

The Ebola virus is unlike any health crisis we have ever experienced and needs a response unlike anything we have ever seen.

It's really amazing to stand in front of a work you haven't seen before and be almost overwhelmed by its beauty and the vision and execution of the artist.

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.

I'm trying to transmit the visions of creativity and build institutions that are incredibly catalytic to their fields.

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.

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

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

If it has the potential to do good, then we should do it

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

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.