I've been studying how quickly we can get energy out to the poor countries - a lot of which are in Africa… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Over 80% of the poor are people who have small plots of land and grow their own food and they don't grow… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The returns from investing in poor people are just as great as the returns from investing in the business world... and have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We're creating this alliance, GAVI, that has helped buy the vaccines that were in the rich world but not getting to the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The challenge here is to design a system where market incentives, including profits and recognition, drive those principles to do more for… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think philanthropy is also growing and catching on. Figuring out how the philanthropy sector, which is quite small compared to the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important. That your sense of justice says, why should rich… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You have to be willing to see that sometimes the governments of these poor countries don't come through. You have to think… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you withdraw the incredible focus on polio, it will spread back, and in poor countries you'll get something like 100,000 cases… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If empathy channels our optimism, we will see the empathy and the diseases and the poor school. We will answer with our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
All lives have equal value. And so you say, 'why do poor children die when other children don't? Why do some people… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest, and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses self-interest in a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short and brutish. It wasn't… — 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
