I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Women are the centre of the family. It's the woman who decides what's eaten in the house, when to have the kids… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
It's really one of my all-time favorite things to do. To go out and really see the kids and visit the moms… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
In the developing world, they don't have smartphones yet. They have the older plastic phones, but women are saving money on those,… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Mothers might say they'd go to the doctor. In poor countries, moms are usually responsible for their kids' health. But breastfeeding and… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world?… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Childbearing, I mean, if there's no place to go to deliver your baby, then you're the one that's delivering in those unhealthy… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what's wrong with the school system. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Despite the debunking, you have a small group in the last five years that hasn't wanted to vaccinate their children, for instance,… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I've travelled extensively in the last 16 years - to slums in Bangladesh, to townships in South Africa, to all kinds of places in… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can't even… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Men make different investments than women do. Women tend to invest more of their earnings than men do in their family's well-being - as… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. When women have the power to make choices… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
When girls are educated and free to pursue their passions, they contribute more to a thriving society. When women have a voice, they raise… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
