You always overestimate what you can get done in a year and underestimate what you can get done in 10 years. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you're smart, you often want a feedback loop so you know if what you've done is... is right. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.' — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC. — 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
There's a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a better way. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Google's done a super good job on search; Apple's done a great job on the IPod. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Creating a piece of software is always complicated because you're doing something new. If you just wanted something that had been done… — 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
Something like Windows is still an unbelievable asset but because the world is somewhat phone-centric, it's an asset that has to be… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In software you can't really add people and expect to get more done, because their ability to understand the program and what's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Even for the very best programmers ah, sometimes you'll see someone else's program or somebody will come along and they'll show you… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Take agriculture, where we haven't done much, or sanitation; saying, "okay, we will be able to make a really huge effort there."… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Good programmers stay open minded to that even though there is no obvious way to improve what they've done they... they keep… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
What are the top 20 universities in the world that do good materials research that might create carbon fibers to do jet… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, 'The government's corrupt,' and not having the intelligence service see your… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I really do think cancer will largely be a solved problem. I think most of the infectious diseases like malaria - our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We’re no longer in the days where every program is super well crafted. But at the heart of the programs that make… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done… — 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
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade… — 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
The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is… — 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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