--- title: "6 Engines Quotes By Bill Gates" description: "6 Engines quotes by Bill Gates. Plus more from Bill Gates and more Engines sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/bill-gates-137_british_the-us-in-some-ways-has-been-the-best-wh_251716.jpg" --- > [The US in some ways has been the best. Who figured out shale gas? Although that wasn't a good thing \[for CO2…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-us-in-some-ways-has-been-the-best-who-figured-out-shale-gas/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/bill-gates-137_british_the-us-in-some-ways-has-been-the-best-wh_251716.jpg) > [People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/people-always-fear-change-people-feared-electricity-when-it-was/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/bill-gates-137_change_people-always-fear-change-people-feared_742875.jpg) > [Creative capitalism takes this interest in the fortunes of others and ties it to our interest in our own fortunes in ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/creative-capitalism-takes-this-interest-in-the-fortunes-of-others-and/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/bill-gates-137_capitalism_creative-capitalism-takes-this-interest_1703510.jpg) > [At some point, that risk-taking private capital can take over, and have patents and trade secrets and things that let them lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/at-some-point-that-risk-taking-private-capital-can-take-over-and-have/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/bill-gates-137_adoption_at-some-point-that-risk-taking-private-c_1881213.jpg) > [People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/people-always-fear-change-people-feared-electricity-when-it-was-2/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/bill-gates-137_business_people-always-fear-change-people-feared_1998621.jpg) > [Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short and brutish. It wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/our-modern-lifestyle-is-not-a-political-creation-before-1700/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/bill-gates-137_creation_our-modern-lifestyle-is-not-a-political_2318490.jpg) ## Other authors on Engines ## More by Bill Gates > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/if-you-re-a-person-struggling-to-eat-and-stay-healthy-you-might-have/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-really-had-a-lot-of-dreams-when-i-was-a-kid-and-i-think-a-great/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/understanding-science-and-pushing-the-boundaries-of-science-is-what/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/we-re-focused-on-providing-innovations-in-software-driving-the/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/paper-is-no-longer-a-big-part-of-my-day-i-get-90-of-my-news-online/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/software-will-get-to-be-somewhat-more-mature-ah-but-it-will-never-be/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/students-deserve-great-teachers-and-teachers-deserve-the-support-they/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-machines-need-to-get-faster-they-need-to-get-cheaper/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/like-many-others-i-have-deep-misgivings-about-the-state-of-education/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/over-time-yes-countries-will-need-to-look-at-specific-gmo-products/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/competition-is-always-a-fantastic-thing-and-the-computer-industry-is/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-unique-about-human-intellience-all-the/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/at-every-juncture-advanced-tools-have-been-the-key-to-a-new-wave-of/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [Software is more important than hardware.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/software-is-more-important-than-hardware/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/talking-to-mothers-always-brings-it-home-because-they-re-so-anxious/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/engines/bill-gates/#itemlist", "name": "6 Engines Quotes By Bill Gates", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The US in some ways has been the best. 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