--- title: "9 Five Quotes By Bill Gates" description: "9 Five quotes by Bill Gates. Plus more from Bill Gates and more Five sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/bill-gates-137_earth_two-out-of-every-five-people-on-earth-to_1384887.jpg" --- > [Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/two-out-of-every-five-people-on-earth-today-owe-their-lives-to-the/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/bill-gates-137_earth_two-out-of-every-five-people-on-earth-to_1384887.jpg) > [The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-first-five-years-have-so-much-to-do-with-how-the-next-80-turn-out/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/bill-gates-137_firsts_the-first-five-years-have-so-much-to-do_420852.jpg) > [The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-world-is-not-flat-and-pcs-are-not-in-the-hierarchy-of-human-needs/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/bill-gates-137_first_the-world-is-not-flat-and-pcs-are-not-in_1935266.jpg) > [I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-meet-people-overseas-that-know-five-languages-that-the-only/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/bill-gates-137_comfortable_i-meet-people-overseas-that-know-five-la_144343.jpg) > [In 1990, one in 10 children died before the age of five. That's now down to one in 20, and vaccines were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/in-1990-one-in-10-children-died-before-the-age-of-five-that-s-now/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/bill-gates-137_age_in-1990-one-in-10-children-died-before-t_2680822.jpg) > [At the end of the day, natural-gas peakers sit back there and get financed so that the Midwest corridor can have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/at-the-end-of-the-day-natural-gas-peakers-sit-back-there-and-get/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/bill-gates-137_big-time_at-the-end-of-the-day-natural-gas-peaker_628668.jpg) > [I could name about a dozen paths, and you'd like to have a whole bunch of research on all those paths, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-could-name-about-a-dozen-paths-and-you-d-like-to-have-a-whole-bunch/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/bill-gates-137_bigs_i-could-name-about-a-dozen-paths-and-you_177804.jpg) > [Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. It will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/five-years-from-now-on-the-web-for-free-you-ll-be-able-to-find-the/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/bill-gates-137_able_five-years-from-now-on-the-web-for-free_1560659.jpg) > [Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/now-we-put-out-a-lot-of-carbon-dioxide-every-year-over-26-billion/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/bill-gates-137_average_now-we-put-out-a-lot-of-carbon-dioxide-e_182834.jpg) ## Other authors on Five ## 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/five/bill-gates/#itemlist", "name": "9 Five Quotes By Bill Gates", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Gates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/two-out-of-every-five-people-on-earth-today-owe-their-lives-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/bill-gates-137_earth_two-out-of-every-five-people-on-earth-to_1384887.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/bill-gates-137_earth_two-out-of-every-five-people-on-earth-to_1384887.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/bill-gates-137_earth_two-out-of-every-five-people-on-earth-to_1384887.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has…” — Bill Gates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Gates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-first-five-years-have-so-much-to-do-with-how-the-next-80-turn-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/bill-gates-137_firsts_the-first-five-years-have-so-much-to-do_420852.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/bill-gates-137_firsts_the-first-five-years-have-so-much-to-do_420852.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/bill-gates-137_firsts_the-first-five-years-have-so-much-to-do_420852.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.” — Bill Gates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Gates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-world-is-not-flat-and-pcs-are-not-in-the-hierarchy-of-human-needs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/bill-gates-137_first_the-world-is-not-flat-and-pcs-are-not-in_1935266.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/bill-gates-137_first_the-world-is-not-flat-and-pcs-are-not-in_1935266.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/bill-gates-137_first_the-world-is-not-flat-and-pcs-are-not-in_1935266.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.” — Bill Gates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I meet people overseas that know five languages - 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