The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If I think something's a waste of time or inappropriate I don't wait to point it out. I say it right away.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
My grade point average went from a 2.2 to a 4.0 over the summer. I wanted to get straight A's. I decided… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, philanthropy really does have a role… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People think about this idea that there's 122 million kids that are alive that would not be if that fatality rate had… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People who feel the world is tilted against them will spawn the kind of hatred that is very dangerous for all of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Virtually every company will be going out and empowering their workers with a certain set of tools, and the big difference in… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think there certainly was a milestone in the '90s with regards to the Internet achieving critical mass. There were several magical… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think we knew that this would be just like raising the kids together, this would be a fun thing to do… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important. That your sense of justice says, why should rich… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
One thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products. There's not much… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There's a true schizophrenia where if you say to voters, you know, do you think the federal government spends too much money… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The dreams of the past - whether it was public TV being rolled into the classroom to teach Spanish, or the film… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think if you talk to the experts in any field where you have to take on a unknown challenge, where you're… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When you have the medical advances you think will they be available to everyone. Will they not just be for the rich… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I remember in 1980 or 1981 looking at a list of people who had made a lot of money in the computer… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We need to start thinking about the Future of Food if we are going to feed 9 billion people in a way… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Thinking about impact on children meant adding to the agenda, both the R&D agenda and the delivery agenda, but it's amazing news,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think that our progress on key diseases over the next several decades is going to be pretty amazing and so I… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
(In response to Java) Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Bioterrorism is like earthquakes, you should think in order of magnitudes. If you can kill 10 people that's a one, 100 people… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
This [philanthropy] work is even more fascinating. It requires us to think harder about how we build partnerships, who we get behind.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I don't think you're as capable of handling lack of sleep or whatever challenges you throw at your body as you get… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Microsoft is involved in setting some fairly key standards and people are afraid of it because they think, Geez, they are quite… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You have to be willing to see that sometimes the governments of these poor countries don't come through. You have to think… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When making choices, or setting policies about the economy, education or medicine, society is best served by electing people who are particularly… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You know, I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you're taking care of your family and society and are comfortable you can start to think about helping those most in… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The idea of explaining why free trade is good, why immigration is good, why the world is so connected, that we need… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the program down because people put in special checks. When they want… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Whatever they announce, they announce. They're in their honeymoon period, and anything they announce gets hype ... They will obviously branch out… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If we think long term, the younger generation here is better about embracing the world. Not seeing countries boundaries kind of an… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Whenever there is hard work to be done, I assign it to the laziest man as he is sure to find an… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have… — Bill Gates Copy Share
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — Bill Gates Copy Share
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering. — Bill Gates Copy Share
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all.… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share
I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a… — Bill Gates Copy Share
At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to… — Bill Gates Copy Share
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. — Bill Gates Copy Share
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