I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of… — 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
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
During the past two centuries, innovation has more than doubled our life span and given us cheap energy and more food. If… — 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
We are seeing smarter philanthropy, more philanthropy, and that's true world wide. So it's kind of a movement that has a lot… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
America and Japan are the two leading world economies in terms of technology and innovative products. And in software, information-age technology and… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've had good educational institutions, and they've had… — 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
The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It is my belief that industry and government around the world should work even more closely to protect the privacy and security… — 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
Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The… — 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
One of the wonderful things about the information highway is that virtual equity is far easier to achieve than real-world equity...We are… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have this very positive view of the world getting better and better. The list of things that could be huge setbacks… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Vaccination is pretty special because you can do a vaccination campaign anywhere in the world. All you are doing is gathering women… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Whether you believe it a moral imperative or in the rich world's enlightened self-interest, securing the conditions that will lead to a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich countries… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The term, information at your fingertips, is to remind people what a broad role the personal computer will be playing. It's not… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The world today has 6.8 billion people...that's headed up to about 9 billion. If we do a really great job on vaccines,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. People who are pessimistic about the future tend to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I'm truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs' death. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has… — 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
