Bill Gates Quotes

“The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition, is to do an outstanding job with information.”

“Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world”

“While we're all very dependent on technology, it doesn't always work.”

“I'll get to see many disease eradications. and we're seeing a lot of progress.”

“There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes than other people.”

“Life is not a continuous process, there's some sort of finite number of achievements that defines your life.”

“That way you can be certain to learn something you didn't know previously.”

“If you're a person struggling to eat and stay healthy, you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you'll never have heard of Bill Gates.”

“The kids are a big part of my schedule.”

“Even with cameras being very cheap, one thing that researchers noticed was that you look really bad in a videoconference image because the lighting is bad and you get shadows and things.”

“Investing in innovation, which was my broad theme talking to [Warren Buffett ], that included health vaccines, it included energy and education.”

“I work hard because I love my work.”

“If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.”

“When you are failing, you are forced to be creative, to dig deep and think, night and day.”

“I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.”

“Even though I only have a high-school degree, I'm a professional student.”

“I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.”

“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

“When you write a piece of software you assume a certain type of hardware. If you assume hardware that's too powerful then you can't sell many copies cause very few people have that machine. If you assume hardware that's too simple your product can't do as much.”

“The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competitors, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.”

“I think we knew that this would be just like raising the kids together, this would be a fun thing to do in partnership. And you know, we're so lucky because we get to hire in very smart people. We get to partner with governments like the Canadian Development Organization - CIDA, USAID - tonnes of scientists doing this work. This is fascinating.”

“Success is a lousy teacher. It makes you think you know what you're doing.”

“Unfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids.”

“Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.”

“The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.”