"As you improve health in a society,..." - Quote by Bill Gates

“Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.”

“Microsoft has long hired based on IQ and "intellectual bandwidth."”

“At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to driving computing to the next level.”

“I do normal kind of contributions, particularly for people who are going over to Africa and help highlighting global health, and that's tended to be pretty bipartisan in nature because of the coalition there exists fortunately around these global health issues. But I don't think my backing, putting a lot of money into political contributions is a way I'm going to try and help improve the world.”

“Of all the statistics in health, death is the easiest, because you can go out and ask people, "Hey, have you had any children who died, did your siblings have any children who died?" People don't forget that.”

“Considering their impact, you might expect mosquitoes to get more attention than they do. Sharks kill fewer than a dozen people every year, and in the U.S. they get a week dedicated to them on TV every year.”

“I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.”

“India has over 20 percent of the kids born in the world. And they move around a lot.”

“We have a country where I don't know whether it's a million households a year or more, but good form.”