Bill Gates Quotes

“Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want.”

“Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.”

“So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising the price of electricity through things like renewable portfolio standards, so the total amount of money that's gone into sending a price signal to push up demand versus what would happen without it has been gigantic.”

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.”

“I think that society has to be careful not to shift all of its resources to the elderly versus the young.”

“If I was down to the last dollar of my marketing budget I'd spend it on PR!”

“Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human does something that does not please Windows.”

“I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.”

“I don't generally read a lot of fiction.”

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

“Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.”

“The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.”

“We win because we hire the smartest people. We improve our products based on feedback, until they're the best. We have retreats each year where we think about where the world is heading.”

“I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.”

“[Melinda Gates] is a lot of fun to work with. There's some of the people skills that she's better at and cares about more. It'd be a mistake not to think of her as very numerical and interested in the science. I enjoy, if I get ahead of her, say, understanding the immune system, then we can spend a few hours, where I'm going through how amazing it is and interesting, and how that affects our creating new products, so I've always had a partner.”

“Something like Windows is still an unbelievable asset but because the world is somewhat phone-centric, it's an asset that has to be managed very carefully to make sure that it's extended, and there are very interesting things that are being done with that.”

“Whether you believe it a moral imperative or in the rich world's enlightened self-interest, securing the conditions that will lead to a healthy, prosperous future for everyone is a goal I believe we all share.”

“I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system.”

“I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.”

“I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product.”

“To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.”

“Hey, size works against excellence.”

“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”

“I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.”

“I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also in the same place. The difference was that I took action.”