--- title: "26 Next Quotes By Bill Gates" description: "26 Next quotes by Bill Gates. Plus more from Bill Gates and more Next sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/bill-gates-137_ebola_the-ebola-epidemic-can-serve-as-an-early_2003245.jpg" --- > [The Ebola epidemic can serve as an early warning wake-up call to get ready. If we start now, we can be ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-ebola-epidemic-can-serve-as-an-early-warning-wake-up-call-to-get/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/bill-gates-137_ebola_the-ebola-epidemic-can-serve-as-an-early_2003245.jpg) > [People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/people-often-overestimate-what-will-happen-in-the-next-two-years-and/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/bill-gates-137_happens_people-often-overestimate-what-will-happ_242093.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 next big invention that will change the way we live should be things like ways of generating energy like electricity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-next-big-invention-that-will-change-the-way-we-live-should-be/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/bill-gates-137_bigs_the-next-big-invention-that-will-change_70643.jpg) > [There will be two types of businesses in the next 5 years, those that are on the Internet, and those that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/there-will-be-two-types-of-businesses-in-the-next-5-years-those-that/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/bill-gates-137_business_there-will-be-two-types-of-businesses-in_2158335.jpg) > [In the next 15 years, we can halve childhood deaths. That's doable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/in-the-next-15-years-we-can-halve-childhood-deaths-that-s-doable/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/bill-gates-137_childhood_in-the-next-15-years-we-can-halve-childh_981302.jpg) > [As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/as-we-look-ahead-into-the-next-century-leaders-will-be-those-who/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/bill-gates-137_leaders_as-we-look-ahead-into-the-next-century-l_652235.jpg) > [The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-next-generation-of-interesting-software-will-be-done-on-the/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/bill-gates-137_done_the-next-generation-of-interesting-softw_1756606.jpg) > [I have $100 billion… You realize I could spend $3 million a day, every day, for the next 100 years? And that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-have-100-billion-you-realize-i-could-spend-3-million-a-day-every/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/bill-gates-137_billions_i-have-100-billion-you-realize-i-could-s_385095.jpg) > [I mean, if we said right now, there's somebody in the next room who's dying, let's all go save their life, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-mean-if-we-said-right-now-there-s-somebody-in-the-next-room-who-s/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/bill-gates-137_death_i-mean-if-we-said-right-now-there-s-some_3129441.jpg) > [This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/this-is-a-fantastic-time-to-be-entering-the-business-world-because/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/bill-gates-137_business_this-is-a-fantastic-time-to-be-entering_762993.jpg) > [The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-next-time-someone-tells-you-we-can-trim-the-budget-by-cutting-aid/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/bill-gates-137_budget_the-next-time-someone-tells-you-we-can-t_1779784.jpg) > [So not only are we saving lives now, we're creating the incentive for the breakthroughs that over the next generation will mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/so-not-only-are-we-saving-lives-now-we-re-creating-the-incentive-for/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/bill-gates-137_aids_so-not-only-are-we-saving-lives-now-we-r_2645142.jpg) > [We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/we-always-overestimate-the-change-that-will-occur-in-the-next-two/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/bill-gates-137_change_we-always-overestimate-the-change-that-w_272019.jpg) > [The fact that there was no catastrophic pandemic in recent history does not mean there won't be another one. And we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-fact-that-there-was-no-catastrophic-pandemic-in-recent-history/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/bill-gates-137_doe_the-fact-that-there-was-no-catastrophic_1001240.jpg) > [I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: 'Dad, I always told you I'd come back and get my degree.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-ve-been-waiting-more-than-30-years-to-say-this-dad-i-always-told/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/bill-gates-137_being-nice_i-ve-been-waiting-more-than-30-years-to_162702.jpg) > [When I say "an energy miracle," I mean that there will be some form of energy whose 24 hour cost really is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/when-i-say-an-energy-miracle-i-mean-that-there-will-be-some-form-of/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/bill-gates-137_beats_when-i-say-an-energy-miracle-i-mean-that_2169181.jpg) > [About three million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/about-three-million-computers-get-sold-every-year-in-china-but-people/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/bill-gates-137_business_about-three-million-computers-get-sold-e_1320556.jpg) > [Energy is very primal stuff and there are a lot of leads that are promising, still at a fairly risky stage, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/energy-is-very-primal-stuff-and-there-are-a-lot-of-leads-that-are/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/bill-gates-137_approach_energy-is-very-primal-stuff-and-there-ar_2927753.jpg) > [We have two other countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan - again it's the instability that is a problem there. So over the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/we-have-two-other-countries-pakistan-and-afghanistan-again-it-s-the/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/bill-gates-137_afghanistan_we-have-two-other-countries-pakistan-and_978741.jpg) > [By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/by-almost-any-measure-the-world-is-better-than-it-has-ever-been/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/bill-gates-137_aids_by-almost-any-measure-the-world-is-bette_1154814.jpg) > [I think that our progress on key diseases over the next several decades is going to be pretty amazing and so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-think-that-our-progress-on-key-diseases-over-the-next-several/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/bill-gates-137_decades_i-think-that-our-progress-on-key-disease_2943348.jpg) > [On my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/on-my-desk-i-have-three-screens-synchronized-to-form-a-single-desktop/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/bill-gates-137_back_on-my-desk-i-have-three-screens-synchron_601003.jpg) > [I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don't just think, 'Yes, my country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-do-think-this-next-century-hopefully-will-be-about-a-more-global/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/bill-gates-137_century_i-do-think-this-next-century-hopefully-w_1554863.jpg) > [At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/bill-gates-137_application_at-every-juncture-advanced-tools-have-be_38796.jpg) > [The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-potential-financial-reward-for-building-the-next-windows-is-so/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/bill-gates-137_building_the-potential-financial-reward-for-build_1674926.jpg) ## Other authors on Next ## 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/next/bill-gates/#itemlist", "name": "26 Next Quotes By Bill Gates", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Ebola epidemic can serve as an early warning wake-up call to get ready. 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People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda and I are struck by how many people think the world is getting worse. The belief that the world can’t solve extreme poverty and disease isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful. That’s why in this year’s letter we take apart some of the myths that slow down the work. 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