People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Anything you do, you better enjoy it for its value. Because people are going to second-guess everything you do. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It is hard to sell Congress and the American people on foreign aid. Is it harder to do that than it is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We certainly see opportunities in Vietnam for talented people to have jobs in the IT sector, including the improvement of the efficiency… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You might say, well, aren't people saying that about wind and solar today? Not really. Only in the super-narrow sense that the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Bringing together the right information with the right people will dramatically improve a company's ability to develop and act on strategic business… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Creative capitalism takes this interest in the fortunes of others and ties it to our interest in our own fortunes in ways… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If somebody is working on a new medicine, computer science helps us model those things. We have a whole group here in… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I do normal kind of contributions, particularly for people who are going over to Africa and help highlighting global health, and that's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses ... it's progressing. ... Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Personal computing today is a rich ecosystem encompassing massive PC-based data centers, notebook and Tablet PCs, handheld devices, and smart cell phones.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I hope corporations will dedicate a percentage of their top innovators' time to issues that could help people left out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
My grade point average went from a 2.2 to a 4.0 over the summer. I wanted to get straight A's. I decided… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People are going to buy cheap fertilizer so they can grow enough crops to feed themselves, which will be increasingly difficult with… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People think about this idea that there's 122 million kids that are alive that would not be if that fatality rate had… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you get health, then you have opportunity for literacy. Health first, then literacy. Once you have literacy, then you have a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
For one thing, there's an essential human factor in every business endeavor. It doesn't matter if you have a perfect product, production… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
By 2018, an estimated 63 percent of all new U.S. jobs will require workers with an education beyond high school. For our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When you have the medical advances you think will they be available to everyone. Will they not just be for the rich… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Our leadership [in Microsoft ] has that - "hey, we are the best in certain ways," and so we get the best… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change - as well as some ecosystems, which… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We’re no longer in the days where every program is super well crafted. But at the heart of the programs that make… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The huge turnout for Live 8 here and around the world proves that thanks to the leadership from people like Tony Blair… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
What we're really after is simply that people acquire a legal license for Windows for each computer they own before they move… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You’ve got to give great tools to small teams. Pick good people, use small teams and give them great tools so that… — 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
At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
![“The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating systems.” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c21/bill-gates-137_best-way_the-best-way-to-prepare-to-be-a-programm_1602708.jpg)
![“Our leadership [in Microsoft ] has that - "hey, we are the best in certain ways," and so we get the best people. That any kind of positive dynamic is quite good, so I love what's going on there, it's fun.” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c78/bill-gates-137_certain_our-leadership-in-microsoft-has-that-hey_637466.jpg)
![“[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/361/bill-gates-137_continents_africa-is-the-one-continent-where-you-st_1838285.jpg)
