"I believe the returns on investment in..." - Quote by Bill Gates
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!
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“If I had a dollar for every time someone made fun of me in high school-oh wait, I do!”
“I would counsel people to go to college, because it's one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.”
“I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm not in.”
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“One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.”
“Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.”
“I hope corporations will dedicate a percentage of their top innovators' time to issues that could help people left out of the global economy. This kind of contribution is even more powerful than giving cash or offering employees' time off to volunteer. It is a focused use of what your company does best. It is a great form of creative capitalism, because it takes the brainpower and makes life better for the richest, and dedicates some of it to improving the lives of everyone else.”
More on Investment
“Out here I had been putting what little money I had in Ocean Frontage, for the sole reason that there was only so much of it and no more, and that they wasent making any more.”
“I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.”
“An investor should ordinarily hold a small piece of an outstanding business with the same tenacity that an owner would exhibit if he owned all of that business.”