Bill Gates Quotes: William Henry “Bill” Gates III (October 28, 1955, Seattle), better known as Bill Gates, is an American entrepreneur, software developer, author, investor, and businessman.
Bill Gates Quotes
1. “Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.” — Bill Gates
2. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” — Bill Gates
3. “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” — Bill Gates
4. “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” — Bill Gates
6. “If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.” — Bill Gates
5. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” — Bill Gates
7. “Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.” — Bill Gates
8. “Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.” — Bill Gates
9. “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
10. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” — Bill Gates
11. “The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.” — Bill Gates
12. “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
13. “Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.” — Bill Gates
14. “Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.” — Bill Gates
15. “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
16. “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” — Bill Gates
17. “The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” — Bill Gates
18. “In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance… you thrive on that.” — Bill Gates
19. “Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.” — Bill Gates
20. “Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.” — Bill Gates
21. “We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.”— Bill Gates
22. “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
23. “By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.” — Bill Gates
24. “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
25. “Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.” — Bill Gates
26. “Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.” — Bill Gates
27. “There are people who don’t like capitalism, and people who don’t like PCs. But there’s no-one who likes the PC who doesn’t like Microsoft.” — Bill Gates
28. “The future of advertising is the Internet.” — Bill Gates
29. “Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.” — Bill Gates
30. “Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it’s digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules – not just for governments but for private companies.” — Bill Gates
31. “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
32. “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.” — Bill Gates
33. “The U.S. immigration laws are bad – really, really bad. I’d say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government’s name.” — Bill Gates
34. “Bitcoin is mostly about anonymous transactions, and I don’t think over time that’s a good way to go. I’m a huge believe in digital currency… but doing it on an anonymous basis I think that leads to some abuses, so I’m not involved in Bitcoin.” — Bill Gates
35. “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
36. “If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.” — Bill Gates
37. “I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.” — Bill Gates
38. “When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.” — Bill Gates
39. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” — Bill Gates
40. “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
41. “I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.” — Bill Gates
42. “The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it’s Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same.” — Bill Gates
43. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates
44. “I don’t think there’s anything unique about human intelligence.” — Bill Gates
45. “Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.” — Bill Gates
46. “Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.” — Bill Gates
47. “Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.” — Bill Gates
48. “Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.” — Bill Gates
49. “I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I’m still fanatical, but now I’m a little less fanatical.” — Bill Gates
50. “I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.” — Bill Gates
51. “I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.” — Bill Gates
52. “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
53. “Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.” — Bill Gates
54. “Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.” — Bill Gates
55. “I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.” — Bill Gates
56. “Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.” — Bill Gates
57. “Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers – organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative – if we don’t solve these security problems, then people will hold back.” — Bill Gates
58. “Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.” — Bill Gates
59. “Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources.” — Bill Gates
60. “We’ve got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.” — Bill Gates
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