Bill Gates Quotes

Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government.

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof.

We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.

When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.

People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for the basic things we think everyone should get.

In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.

Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

We believe the world changes when the boldest thinking is directed at the toughest problems

If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

Make sure people get educated, help out with health emergencies. Those things, the government should do. That's 96 per cent of the economy, those two sectors.

Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt in my mind that it's been a huge plus.

Windows is probably the most important product in the entire PC industry. Everything we do in terms of supporting touch, new hardware, accessibility has incredible impact.

Everyone knows about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now help me spread the word about Giving Tuesday!

Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.

No more misquoted forms, lost invoices, redundant entries, missing checks, or delays caused by incomplete paperwork.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.

The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.

Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.

Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company

You always overestimate what you can get done in a year and underestimate what you can get done in 10 years.

India has over 20 percent of the kids born in the world. And they move around a lot.

I didn't even complete my University Education

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.

The CEO's role in raising a company's corporate IQ is to establish an atmosphere that promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.

More and more software would just increase the number of tasks that the computer would help solve.

While we're all very dependent on technology, it doesn't always work.

I am results-oriented.

Common Core is a big win for education.

Long-term vision and product strategy.

To get a big company moving fast, especially on a many-headed opportunity like the Internet, you have to have hundreds of people participating and coming up with ideas.

There is competition, .. Can any Microsoft endure future competition without innovation? The answer is no. We've got to keep changing.

Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.

Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.

The two areas that are changing... are information technology and medical technology. Those are the things that the world will be very different 20 years from now than it is today.

The internet is just a passing fad.

Training the workforce of tomorrow with today's high schools is like trying to teach kids about today's computers on a 50-year-old mainframe.

The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.

Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.

Sorghum is kind of unusual. It can go to very high heats, but it's not as productive in most environments as maize is.

We need to start thinking about the future of food if we are going to feed 9 billion people in a way that does not destroy our environment.

The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.

I'm an investor in a number of biotech companies, partly because of my incredible enthusiasm for the great innovations they will bring.