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"Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things."
Bill Gates"This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing."
Bill Gates"What's amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life."
Bill Gates"Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana."
Bill Gates"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."
Bill Gates"Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other."
Bill Gates"In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone."
Bill Gates"I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot."
Bill Gates"I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in."
Bill Gates"I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user."
Bill Gates"If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers."
Bill Gates"When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have."
Bill Gates"It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure."
Bill Gates"People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters."
Bill Gates"The future of advertising is the Internet."
Bill Gates"We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering."
Bill Gates"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."
Bill Gates"Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health."
Bill Gates"Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering."
Bill Gates"By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down."
Bill Gates"To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination, and the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard."
Bill Gates"I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence."
Bill Gates"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."
Bill Gates"Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point."
Bill Gates"We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior."
Bill Gates"Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to."
Bill Gates"Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society."
Bill Gates"Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning."
Bill Gates"I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'"
Bill Gates"The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world."
Bill Gates"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
Bill Gates"Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school."
Bill Gates"Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important."
Bill Gates"The best teacher is very interactive."
Bill Gates"The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life."
Bill Gates"Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students."
Bill Gates"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG."
Bill Gates"The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking."
Bill Gates"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."
Bill Gates"In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you're going to be 20 years from now is how well you're doing in your education system."
Bill Gates"Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority."
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