My parents are very successful, and I went to the nicest private school in the Seattle area. I was lucky. But I… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There was a concept a long time ago that you would do a different type of reactor called a "fast reactor," that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If something's expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid, it won't get developed. So you decide: Do you want… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you really could take the CO2, when you burn hydrocarbons - coal, for example - if you could really capture the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In terms of mathematics textbooks, why can't you have the scale of a national market? Right now, we have a Texas textbook… — 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
