Bill Gates Quotes
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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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At some point, that risk-taking private capital can take over, and have patents and trade secrets and things that let them lead the way, which happened with the steam engine and some other things, although with energy, the time of adoption is a lot longer than it is with, say, IT products or even medical advances, like drugs and vaccines.
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Having kids has been a fantastic thing for me. It's meant that I'm a little more balanced. In my twenties I worked massively, hardly took vacation at all. Now, I, with the help of my wife, I'm always making sure I've got a good balance of how I spend my time.
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A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.
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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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Our leadership in Microsoft has that - "hey, we are the best in certain ways," and so we get the best people. That any kind of positive dynamic is quite good, so I love what's going on there, it's fun.
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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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My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.
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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 only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their own products before somebody else does.
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There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.
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I reboot my Windows PC every night.
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The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.
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It's the knowledge derived from information that gives you a competitive edge.
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I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.
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I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.
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How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it. Almost nobody would say it's zero. But that's where at least we need the private sector to play a big role.
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I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.
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I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.
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Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.
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Your customers get better when you do.
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To succeed, you also have to know how to make choices and how to think more broadly.
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Perhaps I should be flattered that somebody imagines the name is worth so much, especially since my parents gave me the same name 42 years ago for free.
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Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.