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
If you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, philanthropy really does have a role… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture… — 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
People who feel the world is tilted against them will spawn the kind of hatred that is very dangerous for all of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know… — 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
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
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
[Melinda Gates] is a lot of fun to work with. There's some of the people skills that she's better at and cares… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think if you talk to the experts in any field where you have to take on a unknown challenge, where you're… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
This is something we're very committed to, it's something that I think people are underestimating right now as they've seen some of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think Ebola is a great example of where the world really needs to come together. The three countries where this outbreak… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The dreams of the past - whether it was public TV being rolled into the classroom to teach Spanish, or the film… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
One thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products. There's not much… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I really do think cancer will largely be a solved problem. I think most of the infectious diseases like malaria - our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
With nuclear weapons, you'd think you would probably stop after killing 100million. Smallpox won't stop. Because the population is naïve, and there… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don't just think, 'Yes, my country… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think that society has to be careful not to shift all of its resources to the elderly versus the young. I… — 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… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Whenever there is hard work to be done, I assign it to the laziest man as he is sure to find an… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Whatever they announce, they announce. They're in their honeymoon period, and anything they announce gets hype ... They will obviously branch out… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If we think long term, the younger generation here is better about embracing the world. Not seeing countries boundaries kind of an… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I don't think I would have spent time learning about the immune system if understanding vaccines weren't something I considered very important. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We're in a period of uncertainty about [Donald Trump] administration policies and the range of what might happen is particularly higher. I… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
As we get robots becoming more sophisticated, I think we should worry sooner rather than later on how much they could take… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We win because we hire the smartest people. We improve our products based on feedback, until they're the best. We have retreats… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10 percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You know, I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you're taking care of your family and society and are comfortable you can start to think about helping those most in… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The idea of explaining why free trade is good, why immigration is good, why the world is so connected, that we need… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the program down because people put in special checks. When they want… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Microsoft is involved in setting some fairly key standards and people are afraid of it because they think, Geez, they are quite… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When making choices, or setting policies about the economy, education or medicine, society is best served by electing people who are particularly… — 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
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
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — Bill Gates Copy Share
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
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
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
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share
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
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
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share
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
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
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
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