Bill Gates Quotes

I have this very positive view of the world getting better and better. The list of things that could be huge setbacks is not very long: A nuclear war, climate change and epidemics.

Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them.

President [George] Bush made the U.S. absolutely the leader, between its own PEPFAR, and it's been by far the biggest Global Fund donor. That's a legacy.

[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.

Even for the diseases we don't focus on, cancer, heart disease, you're going to be way better off being sick 10 years from now than any time in the past.

We need to cooperate globally on epidemic preparedness and prevention in the same way we are cooperating globally to stop people from getting nuclear weapons.

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.

When you have money in hand, only you forget who are you .But when you do not have any money in your hand, the whole world forget who you are.It's life.

In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not...

Life is not fair, get used to it

As Gates had told the pastor that day in his house. "I can do anything I put my mind to".

DON'T COMPARE YOURSELF WITH ANYONE IN THIS WORLD..........IF U DO SO U R INSULTING YOURSELF

Some people may call me a nerd. I claim the label with pride.

No matter how much you learn in college, it never prepares you for the real world.

If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory, ' I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently?

There's no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, 'The government's corrupt, ' and not having the intelligence service see your face. In the digital world, that can be done.

If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1, 000 MPG.

Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses - it's progressing. Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set.