All Bill Gates Quotes
- You know, I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real… Believer
- Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short and brutish. It wasn't because we didn't… Anything Away
- I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of… All
- I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the quotation just floats… Attributed
- There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written. Been
- I have $100 billion… You realize I could spend $3 million a day, every day, for the next 100 years? And that's if I don't… Another Dime
- About three million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As long as they… Addicted
- In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will. Company
- Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human… Already Contains
- If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. Fault
- I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine,… Ago
- Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give… Abolished
- Setting clear goals and finding measures that will mark progress toward them can improve the human condition. Clear
- India is more of an aid recipient than a provider of aid. Aid
- The only definition by which Americas best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis. Americas
- The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competitors, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd is to do… Best
- A bad strategy will fail no matter how good your information is and lame execution will stymie a good strategy. If you do enough things… Bad
- Information work is thinking work. Information
- Customer service will become the primary value added function of every business. Added
- Bringing together the right information with the right people will dramatically improve a company's ability to develop and act on strategic business opportunities. Ability
- Customers want high quality at low prices and they want it now. Customers
- Only a few businesses will succeed by having the lowest price, so most will need a strategy that includes customer services. Businesses
- An important re-engineering principle is that companies should focus on their core competence and outsource everything else. Companies
- The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have the edge in… Ahead
- Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged… Bad