About three million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information to both… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their own products before somebody else does. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have a company that is not Microsoft, called Corbis. Corbis is the operation that merged with Bettman Archives. It has nothing… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Every day were saying, 'How can we keep this customer happy?' How can we get ahead in innovation by doing this, because… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The inventory, the value of my company, walks out the door every evening. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
How fast a company can respond in an emergency is a measure of its corporate reflexes. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have to admit that business-type thoughts do sneak into my head: I hope our customers pay us, I hope this stuff… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The present and future of knowledge attainment and essential business skills. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Well, it's taken time to get this going, but he was right. If you give people a chance to associate themselves with… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If we [Microsoft Corporation] weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Nobody has a guaranteed position in computer technologies business. We've done some good work, but all of these products become obsolete so… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Instead of buying airplanes and playing around like some of our competitors, we've rolled almost everything back to the company. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10 percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you're too focused on your current business, it's hard to change and concentrate on innovating. — 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 Image
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 Image
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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 Image
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