Bill Gates Quotes

How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.

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• I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Believe
  • War
  • Death

• When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • You
  • Impossible
  • Task

• By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.

  

  Zelda Fitzgerald
  • Time
  • Long
  • Future

• And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • World
  • Few
  • Ear

• Stardom happens - you can't plan it - it's destiny, and you shouldn't stand between you and your destiny. I'm letting my destiny play its part, and I go by my gut feeling. If I like my role, I say yes; if I don't, I just refuse, as simple as that.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Feeling
  • Simple
  • Destiny

• I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.

  

  Ian Thorpe
  • Think
  • Myself
  • Better

• And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • Dad
  • Perfect
  • Play

• I first learned the power of trust in the CIA. There is no question that when I joined the Agency as a covert operations officer, it was still run along the 'old boys' network' model.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Power
  • Question
  • Trust

• I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Good
  • You
  • Couple

• Everyone knows the link between the environment and their own health.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Health
  • Environment
  • Link

• I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• When I was a child, the FA Cup was one of the crown jewels of the sporting year, along with the Grand National, Wimbledon and The Open. But with every announcement it seems to lose another piece of its identity. First it was sponsors added to the name, followed by the semi-finals at Wembley.

  

  Gary Neville
  • Child
  • Identity
  • Name

• When I first started performing, the only community that truly got what I was trying to do was the LGBTQ community.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Trying
  • Community
  • First

• If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.

  

  Barry McGuigan
  • Up
  • Man
  • Me

• I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.

  

  Flo Rida
  • Day
  • Always
  • Doing

• From that, I became very anxious to produce something of my own.

  

  Jackie Cooper
  • Something
  • My Own
  • Anxious

• I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!'

  

  Parker Posey
  • Play
  • Wind
  • How

• '24' had to withstand accusations of being right-wing, but 'Homeland' is a far more liberal show.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • More
  • Far
  • Liberal

• To be honest, whenever I go to shoots, or I'm on set, it really makes makeup special and allows me to have so much more fun with it – I don't wear it on an everyday basis, because I like my skin to breathe.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Fun
  • Me
  • Everyday

• When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Up
  • Time
  • Brain

• There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.

  

  Carl Barks
  • Life
  • Difference
  • Face

• I'm not very into pastas or heavy foods like meat, but pastries, especially if they come from a really nice French bakery, I go crazy over! I try to allow myself those little treats in the morning for breakfast, then I have a lighter lunch.

  

  Barbara Fialho
  • Nice
  • Morning
  • Crazy

• How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Win
  • Information
  • Lose