--- title: "11 Pieces Quotes By Bill Gates" description: "11 Pieces quotes by Bill Gates. Plus more from Bill Gates and more Pieces sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/bill-gates-137_business_there-s-only-one-trick-in-software-and-t_1286651.jpg" --- > [There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/there-s-only-one-trick-in-software-and-that-is-using-a-piece-of/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/bill-gates-137_business_there-s-only-one-trick-in-software-and-t_1286651.jpg) > [Teaching is the human thing, in terms of building the kids' self-confidence, so if we take the broad ways that we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/teaching-is-the-human-thing-in-terms-of-building-the-kids-self/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/bill-gates-137_broads_teaching-is-the-human-thing-in-terms-of_1464305.jpg) > [The finest pieces of software are those where one individual has a complete sense of exactly how the program works. To have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-finest-pieces-of-software-are-those-where-one-individual-has-a/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/bill-gates-137_degrees_the-finest-pieces-of-software-are-those_629432.jpg) > [When you write a piece of software you assume a certain type of hardware. If you assume hardware that's too powerful then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/when-you-write-a-piece-of-software-you-assume-a-certain-type-of/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/bill-gates-137_assuming_when-you-write-a-piece-of-software-you-a_914748.jpg) > [You don't go to other books and take little pieces because although say a romantic scene may have been many times before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/you-don-t-go-to-other-books-and-take-little-pieces-because-although/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/bill-gates-137_book_you-don-t-go-to-other-books-and-take-lit_516640.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) > [Creating a piece of software is always complicated because you're doing something new. If you just wanted something that had been done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/creating-a-piece-of-software-is-always-complicated-because-you-re/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/bill-gates-137_complicated_creating-a-piece-of-software-is-always-c_220710.jpg) > [Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/another-trick-in-software-is-to-avoid-rewriting-the-software-by-using/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/bill-gates-137_approach_another-trick-in-software-is-to-avoid-re_1599167.jpg) > [The trick generally is to break programs into pieces and have those pieces be individually testable and so then when you move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-trick-generally-is-to-break-programs-into-pieces-and-have-those/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/bill-gates-137_black_the-trick-generally-is-to-break-programs_345301.jpg) > [People are building the software and so having the pieces be such that a single person understands all the tradeoffs and everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/people-are-building-the-software-and-so-having-the-pieces-be-such/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/bill-gates-137_building_people-are-building-the-software-and-so_2878049.jpg) > [There are a variety of techniques for breaking software down into pieces and making software development more efficient. Many of these techniques…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/there-are-a-variety-of-techniques-for-breaking-software-down-into/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/bill-gates-137_benefits_there-are-a-variety-of-techniques-for-br_2112548.jpg) ## Other authors on Pieces ## 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/pieces/bill-gates/#itemlist", "name": "11 Pieces Quotes By Bill Gates", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Gates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/there-s-only-one-trick-in-software-and-that-is-using-a-piece-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/bill-gates-137_business_there-s-only-one-trick-in-software-and-t_1286651.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/bill-gates-137_business_there-s-only-one-trick-in-software-and-t_1286651.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/bill-gates-137_business_there-s-only-one-trick-in-software-and-t_1286651.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written.” — Bill Gates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Teaching is the human thing, in terms of building the kids' self-confidence, so if we take the broad ways that we want to see society to be better, science can only provide certain pieces of that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Gates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/teaching-is-the-human-thing-in-terms-of-building-the-kids-self/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/bill-gates-137_broads_teaching-is-the-human-thing-in-terms-of_1464305.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/bill-gates-137_broads_teaching-is-the-human-thing-in-terms-of_1464305.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/bill-gates-137_broads_teaching-is-the-human-thing-in-terms-of_1464305.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Teaching is the human thing, in terms of building the kids' self-confidence, so if we take the broad ways…” — Bill Gates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The finest pieces of software are those where one individual has a complete sense of exactly how the program works. 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