Bill Gates quotes
Born
October 28, 1955 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation
Business magnate, investor, author.
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of the Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect.
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.
– Bill Gates
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.
– Bill Gates
I spend a lot of time reading.
– Bill Gates
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.
– Bill Gates
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
– Bill Gates
Whether it’s Google or Apple or free software, we’ve got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
– Bill Gates
Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it’s true.
– Bill Gates
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
– Bill Gates
Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.
– Bill Gates
Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved.
– Bill Gates
Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs.
– Bill Gates
By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.
– Bill Gates
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.
– Bill Gates
There’s no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.
– Bill Gates
There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.
– Bill Gates
Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.
– Bill Gates
It’s hard to improve public education – that’s clear.
– Bill Gates
Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.
– Bill Gates
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.
– Bill Gates
I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.
– Bill Gates
If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.
– Bill Gates
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
– Bill Gates
Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.
– Bill Gates
For Africa to move forward, you’ve really got to get rid of malaria.
– Bill Gates
There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.
– Bill Gates
I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.
– Bill Gates
We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should.
– Bill Gates
Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.
– Bill Gates
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
– Bill Gates
Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.
– Bill Gates
Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.
– Bill Gates
Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.
– Bill Gates
I get more spam than anyone I know.
– Bill Gates
Common Core is a big win for education.
– Bill Gates
I have an excellent memory, a most excellent memory.
– Bill Gates
Microsoft is not about greed. It’s about innovation and fairness.
– Bill Gates
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
– Bill Gates
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
– Bill Gates
I’m a geek.
– Bill Gates
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
– Bill Gates
The best teacher is very interactive.
– Bill Gates
If your culture doesn’t like geeks, you are in real trouble.
– Bill Gates
Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
– Bill Gates
Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
– Bill Gates
The future of advertising is the Internet.
– Bill Gates
The bulk of the universities are about teaching kids.
– Bill Gates
Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.
– Bill Gates
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity – the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
– Bill Gates
I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.
– Bill Gates
We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.
– Bill Gates
Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.
– Bill Gates
The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
– Bill Gates
I don’t think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.
– Bill Gates