Bill Gates Quotes

“For all these infectious diseases, the goal is to eventually get rid of them. And to do that we need to invent new tools, but nobody was doing that because there was no money to buy on behalf of the poorest, even the existing tools.”

“I spend a lot of time reading.”

“Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.”

“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.”

“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?”

“We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.”

“It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change - as well as some ecosystems, which nobody wants to see disappear.”

“Bridge is the king of all card games.”

“I didn't even complete my University Education”

“I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.”

“The only definition by which America's best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.”

“Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.”

“Finally, assuming that many of those are fulfilled, which won't be easy in tight budget times, we're taking the supply side at the basic research level, because that's where government is absolutely fundamental.”

“I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.”

“Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another.”

“Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information? Those aren't easy questions.”

“Bangladesh is largely a river delta, and the rising sea level means that when storms come in, the human sanitation is backing up, the ability to farm.”

“As you improve health in a society, population growth goes down. You know, I thought it was... before I learned about it, I thought it was paradoxical.”

“In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.”

“Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans] whose ancestors bought a great parcel of land in 1780 and have been accumulating family wealth by collecting rents ever since. In America, that old money is long gone - through instability, inflation, taxes, philanthropy, and spending.”

“If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair.”

“Everything on the internet is real god damn it!”

“in china when you're one in a million, there are 1300 people just like you”

“Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out.”

“If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.”