Bill Gates Quotes
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I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.
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Something like Windows is still an unbelievable asset but because the world is somewhat phone-centric, it's an asset that has to be managed very carefully to make sure that it's extended, and there are very interesting things that are being done with that.
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In some ways, if you make mistakes with your own money, you don't feel as bad about it as if it was someone else's.
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The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.
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I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda and I had talked about the view that wealth wasn't something that would be good to just pass to the children.
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I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.
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If you're taking care of your family and society and are comfortable you can start to think about helping those most in need globally. That's how we became engaged in those things.
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If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
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The kids are a big part of my schedule.
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The death of a child is an incredible tragedy all over the world. Back in 1990, about 12 percent of children were dying before they reached the age of 5.
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There is competition, .. Can any Microsoft endure future competition without innovation? The answer is no. We've got to keep changing.
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I'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.
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Depending on where you live, cooking, sex and pooping are either 3 of life's pleasures or what kills you...
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I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.
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People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I heard your dad's speech, and it's really great.' And they'll mention some place I didn't even know my dad was going to.
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I think that our progress on key diseases over the next several decades is going to be pretty amazing and so I am very interested in that.
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Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.
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I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.
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If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to help close the deficit.
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Other paths would include making nuclear fission cheap enough and safe enough that people broadly embrace it, so that could be scaled up.
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Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
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Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.
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What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it's not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, 'Hey, I can't really figure those things out.'
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Smart is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.