Bill Gates Quotes
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The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.
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I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system.
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Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.
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We have two other countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan - again it's the instability that is a problem there. So over the next several years, we expect to drive the number of [polio] cases back down to zero because that is likely to be the second disease after smallpox that we completely eradicate.
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Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.
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Imagine, just for the sake of discussion, that you had a few hours a week and a few dollars a month to donate to a cause - and you wanted to spend that time and money where it would have the greatest impact in saving and improving lives. Where would you spend it?
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You've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can't start with the technology and try to figure out where you're going to sell it.
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Inspiration starts somewhere.
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Everything on the internet is real god damn it!
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Getting the word out that, yes vaccines are great, the safety data's very, very clear, including any of these specific concerns, that's very important to our foundation.
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I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'
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So not only are we saving lives now, we're creating the incentive for the breakthroughs that over the next generation will mean we can take AIDS, malaria and TB and bring those numbers dramatically down.
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When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve.
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You can go overboard in how quickly you might expect new technologies to transform people's lives. But I very much believe the way software is used, the way information gets distributed, will be dramatically different within 10 years. There is fire to go with all this smoke.
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You always overestimate what you can get done in a year and underestimate what you can get done in 10 years.
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I considered law and math. My Dad was a lawyer. I think though I would have ended up in physics if I didn't end up in computer science.
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If we think long term, the younger generation here is better about embracing the world. Not seeing countries boundaries kind of an "us versus them" thing.
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In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.
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Now everyone takes it for granted that you can look up movie reviews, track locations, and order stuff online. I wish there was a way we could take it away from people for a day so they could remember what it was like without it.
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Whenever there is hard work to be done, I assign it to the laziest man as he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. Be lazy, think crazy.
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I like to read general biology - things about the immune system and advances in that area - because it lays the foundation for my part of the dialogue at the foundation about what things we ought to pursue.
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Employers have decided that having the breadth of knowledge that's associated with a four-year degree is often something they want to see in the people they give that job to.
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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 an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.
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I believe it’s not only possible to eradicate malaria; I believe it’s necessary. Ultimately, the cost of controlling it endlessly is not sustainable. The only way to stop this disease is to end it forever.