Quotes By Bill Gates

Life is not fair; get used to it.

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.

There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a little less fanatical.

I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

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.

Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them.

The kids are a big part of my schedule.