I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There will be two types of businesses in the next 5 years, those that are on the Internet, and those that are… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You always overestimate what you can get done in a year and underestimate what you can get done in 10 years. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you are low income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than getting a 4-year… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The world is progressing and resources are becoming more abundant. I'd rather go into a grocery store today than a king's banquet… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. It will… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The Chinese are clearly inculcating the idea that science is exciting and important, and that's why they, as a whole-they're graduating four… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
... No one is less happy than I am with the performance of Microsoft stock! I've lost tens of billions of dollars… — 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
Our flame is taking the normal depleted uranium - the 99.3 percent that's cheap as heck, and there's a pile of it… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
On the supply side, for innovation, you'd say, go look at those R&D budgets, and they haven't moved in the last 20… — 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 two areas that are changing... are information technology and medical technology. Those are the things that the world will be very… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
People can criticize Microsoft for supporting this TV thing for the past eight years, but it is a long-term bet, There is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I was announcing to the public, in 2006, that I'd be leaving Microsoft in a couple of years and focusing full-time on… — 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
So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
...one of the most inventive forms of creative capitalism involves someone we all know very well. A few years ago, I was… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Government investment unlocks a huge amount of private sector activity, but the basic research that we put into IT work that led… — 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
When I was trying to figure out why lives have improved so much in the last 300 years, where we've gone from… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Even for the diseases we don't focus on, cancer, heart disease, you're going to be way better off being sick 10 years… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Our work in global health is about things like cutting childhood deaths, and every year we continue to make progress there. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Contraception really shouldn't be all that controversial because it's a tool a woman can use to delay her first birth until she's,… — 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
![“People can criticize Microsoft for supporting this TV thing for the past eight years, but it is a long-term bet, There is not any other software business that is as dedicated to the vision of the TV and the PDA [personal digital assistant] as we are.” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/bill-gates-137_assistants_people-can-criticize-microsoft-for-suppo_1856575.jpg)
![“I was announcing to the public, in 2006, that I'd be leaving Microsoft in a couple of years and focusing full-time on the foundation. That was the time at which we went back to New York and Warren [Buffett] announced these gifts to a number of foundations, with a very high percentage of it going…” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/bill-gates-137_announcing_i-was-announcing-to-the-public-in-2006-t_2007640.jpg)
![“So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising the price of electricity through things like renewable portfolio standards, so the total amount of money that's gone into sending a price signal to…” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/bill-gates-137_amount_so-on-the-demand-side-for-energy-there-h_2440121.jpg)
![“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)
