If you want to build a great company, get the hell out of Silicon Valley. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you're smart, you often want a feedback loop so you know if what you've done is... is right. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Employers have decided that having the breadth of knowledge that's associated with a four-year degree is often something they want to see… — 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
If something's expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid, it won't get developed. So you decide: Do you want… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People want to watch whatever video they want to watch whenever they want to watch. If you provision your Internet infrastructure adequately,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I am surprised that in various countries, whether it's the U.K. or the U.S., you see isolationist tendencies that would tend to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We all sort of do want incentives for creative people to still exist at a certain level. You know, maybe rock stars… — 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… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: 'Dad, I always told you I'd come back and get my degree.'… — 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… — 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
Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software is inherently complicated. If you say to somebody I want an airline reservation system, to really say what you want in… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Someone in the society has to deal with the reality that there are finite resources and we're making trade-offs, and be explicit… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
India just went 3 years with no cases [of polio]. Pakistan is our toughest location right now because some parts of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When you have a product that has zero sales, it is easy for people to say whatever they want about it and… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
My experience of malaria was just taking anti-malarials, which give you strange dreams, because I don't want to get malaria. — 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
Whenever you have multiple devices including multiple PCs that you want to share information with, it's always been a bit complicated. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People don't want lots and lots of single purpose devices. They do not want to have to learn how to set up… — 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
Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you want to improve the situation of the poorest two billion on the planet, having the price of energy go down… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Online education is pretty special for two reasons. One is that you can get the very best lecture in the world and… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It's OK for China to invent cancer drugs that cure patients in the United States. We want them to catch up. But… — 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
![“India just went 3 years with no cases [of polio]. Pakistan is our toughest location right now because some parts of the Taliban have not allowed vaccinators to come in and have even attacked vaccinators. We are hopeful this will get resolved since no one wants their kid to be paralyzed. I spend a…” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/bill-gates-137_activity_india-just-went-3-years-with-no-cases-of_2657845.jpg)
