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Bill Gates Quotes

It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor Picture Quote #1

I don’t mind that Bill Gates is a mega zillionaire; he’s done a lot of really interesting and innovative stuff. I do mind that a lot of unworthy people rode his coattails to minizillionaire status, e.g. the inventor of Hungarian notation, probably the dumbest widely-promulgated idea in the history of the field Picture Quote #1

I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it’s just such a dramatic success Picture Quote #1

I believe that every life is valuable. That we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future. That we’re just getting started Picture Quote #1

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I’m afraid that’s not quite right Picture Quote #1

Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down Picture Quote #1

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Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires Picture Quote #1

The nuclear approach I’m involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There’s a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions Picture Quote #1

There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable Picture Quote #1

Business isn’t that complicated. I wouldn’t want to put it on my business card Picture Quote #1

Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe ten percent to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated. I wouldn’t want to put it on my business card Picture Quote #1

If you’re too focused on your current business, it’s hard to change and concentrate on innovating Picture Quote #1

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The present and future of knowledge attainment and essential business skills Picture Quote #1

China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them Picture Quote #1

People are going to buy cheap fertilizer so they can grow enough crops to feed themselves, which will be increasingly difficult with climate change Picture Quote #1

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10% Picture Quote #1

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To create a new standard, it takes something that’s not just a little bit different; it takes something that’s really new and really captures people’s imagination, and the Macintosh, of all the machines I’ve ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard Picture Quote #1

When Ford sells a car, a dealer isn’t allowed to take out the engine and put a different one in. When a newsstand sells the Washington Post, no one can go to the newsstand and pay them to rip out the classified section and put their own classified section in - if they could, they would do so Picture Quote #1

The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity Picture Quote #1

We all sort of do want incentives for creative people to still exist at a certain level. You know, maybe rock stars shouldn’t make as much; who knows? But you want as much creativity to take place in the future as took place in the past Picture Quote #1

Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren’t defeated by it. You’re learning from it Picture Quote #1

My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go Picture Quote #1

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China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth Picture Quote #1

One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn’t elect those people. Isn’t it supposed to be different? Aren’t we supposed to like the people that we elected? Picture Quote #1

The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: ‘Does your teacher use class time well?’ and, ‘When you’re confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?’ Picture Quote #1

The close relationships we form between researchers and product groups have already shown we can move the great ideas as they come along, without a schedule, into the products Picture Quote #1

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor. (Bill Gates Quotes) I don’t mind that Bill Gates is a mega zillionaire; he’s done a lot of really interesting and innovative stuff. I do mind that a lot of unworthy people rode his coattails to minizillionaire status, e.g. the inventor of Hungarian notation, probably the dumbest widely-promulgated idea in the history of the field. (Bill Gates Quotes) I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it’s just such a dramatic success. (Bill Gates Quotes) I believe that every life is valuable. That we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future. That we’re just getting started. (Bill Gates Quotes) At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I’m afraid that’s not quite right (Bill Gates Quotes) Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down. (Bill Gates Quotes) Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires. (Bill Gates Quotes) The nuclear approach I’m involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There’s a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions. (Bill Gates Quotes) There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable. (Bill Gates Quotes) Business isn’t that complicated. I wouldn’t want to put it on my business card. (Bill Gates Quotes) Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe ten percent to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated. I wouldn’t want to put it on my business card. (Bill Gates Quotes) If you’re too focused on your current business, it’s hard to change and concentrate on innovating. (Bill Gates Quotes) The present and future of knowledge attainment and essential business skills (Bill Gates Quotes) China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them. (Bill Gates Quotes) People are going to buy cheap fertilizer so they can grow enough crops to feed themselves, which will be increasingly difficult with climate change. (Bill Gates Quotes) Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students. (Bill Gates Quotes) 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. (Bill Gates Quotes) China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10% (Bill Gates Quotes) To create a new standard, it takes something that’s not just a little bit different; it takes something that’s really new and really captures people’s imagination, and the Macintosh, of all the machines I’ve ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard. (Bill Gates Quotes) When Ford sells a car, a dealer isn’t allowed to take out the engine and put a different one in. When a newsstand sells the Washington Post, no one can go to the newsstand and pay them to rip out the classified section and put their own classified section in - if they could, they would do so. (Bill Gates Quotes) The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity (Bill Gates Quotes) We all sort of do want incentives for creative people to still exist at a certain level. You know, maybe rock stars shouldn’t make as much; who knows? But you want as much creativity to take place in the future as took place in the past. (Bill Gates Quotes) Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren’t defeated by it. You’re learning from it. (Bill Gates Quotes) My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go. (Bill Gates Quotes) China is certainly an important player in the global economy, and a widespread AIDS epidemic would threaten that growth. (Bill Gates Quotes) One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn’t elect those people. Isn’t it supposed to be different? Aren’t we supposed to like the people that we elected? (Bill Gates Quotes) The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: ‘Does your teacher use class time well?’ and, ‘When you’re confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?’ (Bill Gates Quotes) The close relationships we form between researchers and product groups have already shown we can move the great ideas as they come along, without a schedule, into the products. (Bill Gates Quotes) Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things. (Bill Gates Quotes) 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. (Bill Gates Quotes)

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