Bill gates quotes

William Henry "Bill" Gates (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor.In 1975, Gates co-founded Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company, with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014.Gates has authored and co-authored several books.


It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

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.

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.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.

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.

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

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.

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.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

In ninth grade, I came up with a new form of rebellion. I hadn't been getting good grades, but I decided to get all A's without taking a book home. I didn't go to math class, because I knew enough and had read ahead, and I placed within the top 10 people in the nation on an aptitude exam.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

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.

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard.

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.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organisation to operate more effectively.

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

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.