Bill Gates Quotes

“India is more of an aid recipient than a provider of aid.”

“Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen.”

“I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.”

“Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.”

“If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.”

“The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.”

“In the next 15 years, we can halve childhood deaths. That's doable.”

“You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.”

“We believe the world changes when the boldest thinking is directed at the toughest problems”

“Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it's wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore.”

“Sorghum is kind of unusual. It can go to very high heats, but it's not as productive in most environments as maize is.”

“Long-term vision and product strategy.”

“We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others.”

“We need a malaria epidemic in the blogging community! Either that or we need people who have seen the malaria epidemic to start blogging.”

“The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.”

“Software is inherently complicated. If you say to somebody I want an airline reservation system, to really say what you want in terms of overbooking and fares, and different airlines communicating with each or schedule changes, it's immensely complex. And so you can't write a program that's any simpler than that full specification.”

“Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs.”

“I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!”

“Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that.”

“Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.”

“I've always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course, he designed all sorts of flying machines way before you could actually build something like that.”

“Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.”

“Windows 95 was a nice milestone.”

“Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.”

“Microsoft is always two years away from failure.”