If the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were about reengineering, then the 2000s will be about velocity. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People are going to buy cheap fertilizer so they can grow enough crops to feed themselves, which will be increasingly difficult with… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change - as well as some ecosystems, which… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There's 20 companies that I have investments in - some batteries, some solar-thermal, one big nuclear thing. We need hundreds and hundreds… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The two areas that are changing... are information technology and medical technology. Those are the things that the world will be very… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that as an economy grows in a great way like India has, that you have to step back… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It's pretty incredible to look back 30 years to when Microsoft was starting and realize how work has been transformed. We're finally… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have this very positive view of the world getting better and better. The list of things that could be huge setbacks… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I am surprised that in various countries, whether it's the U.K. or the U.S., you see isolationist tendencies that would tend to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think given all the different imperatives - getting energy to Africa, security of energy, climate change, that we should be spending… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I see a lot of change, a lot of opportunity. We're not just talking about taking the advances of the past and… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In programming when you're making a change you have to know all the affected places, and you have to be able to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. People who are pessimistic about the future tend to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“The cruel injustice is that even though the world’s poor are doing essentially nothing to cause climate change, they’re going to suffer… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it.… — 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
