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Bill Gates Quotes - Page 18

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Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize in positive ways to help society.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize in positive ways to help society.

Thinking, People, Drones

"Could A Clinton Run Harm Obama?; Alabama's Agony, Auburn's Ecstasy". "The Lead with Jake Tapper" with John Berman, edition.cnn.com. December 2, 2013.

As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest, and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses self-interest in a helpful and sustainable way, but only on behalf of those who can pay. Government aid and philanthropy channel our caring for those who can't pay. But to provide rapid improvement for the poor we need a system that draws in innovators and businesses in a far better way than we do today.

Business, Caring, Two

"A New Approach to Capitalism in the 21st Century". Bill Gates' speech at World Economic Forum 2008 in Davos, Switzerland, news.microsoft.com. January 24, 2008.

Be nice to nerds, they'll probably be your boss one day.

Nice, Boss, Nerd

A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts.

Would Be, Machines, Microsoft

A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.

Writing, Doors, Creating

There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.

Book, Looks

"The Best Books I Read in 2013". www.gatesnotes.com. December 12, 2013.

Bill Gates' Success Factors for Microsoft 1. Long-term Approach 2. Passion for Products and Technology 3. Teamwork 4. Results 5. Customer Feedback 6. Individual Excellence

Teamwork, Educational, Passion

Like a human being, a company has to have an internal communication mechanism, a "nervous system", to coordinate its actions.

Communication, Action, Nervous

I believe that with great wealth comes great responsibility, a responsibility to give back to society and a responsibility to see that those resources are put to work in the best possible way to help those most in need.

Believe, Responsibility, Giving

"Bill Gates: A New Era of Technical Leadership at Microsoft". news.microsoft.com. June 15, 2006.

I regret being the richest man in the world because that position attracts undeserved publicity.

Regret, Men, World

In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.

Oil, Energy, Research

The inventory, the value of my company, walks out the door every evening.

Doors, Inventory, Evening

There is competition, .. Can any Microsoft endure future competition without innovation? The answer is no. We've got to keep changing.

Competition, Innovation, Microsoft

When I say "miracle" I mean a kind of thing like a computer on a chip, or the internet, or the cellphone, that are really quite miraculous. Most people would not have predicted them, and their effect has been very, very dramatic.

Mean, People, Miracle

"THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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.

Creativity, People, Creative

"One-on-One with Bill Gates". Interview with Peter Jennings, abcnews.go.com. February 16, 2005.

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

Money, Business, Greed

Nobody has a guaranteed position in computer technologies business. We've done some good work, but all of these products become obsolete so fast and the structure of the business as it broadens out is going to be so different.

Technology, Different, Done

Source: business.highbeam.com

We weren't trying to just go public and get rich. There was no near-term thing. It always was this many-decades thing where there were no shortcuts and we'd sort of put one foot in front of the other.

Inspirational, Feet, Trying

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.

Business, Powerful, Issues

Speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, news.microsoft.com. January 24, 2008.

The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.

People, Pandemics, World

Everything on the internet is real god damn it!

Real, Internet, Damn

America and Japan are the two leading world economies in terms of technology and innovative products. And in software, information-age technology and biotechnology the U.S. has an amazing lead.

Technology, Japan, Two

Making sure all our students get a great education, find a career that's fulfilling and rewarding, and have a chance to live out their dreams ... wouldn't just make us a more successful country - it would also make us a more fair and just one.

Education, Dream, Country

I understand how every healthy child, every new road, puts a country on a better path, but instability and war will arise from time to time, and I'm not an expert on how you get out of those things.

Country, Children, War

"Bill Gates Reveals Family Goes to Catholic Church: 'It Makes Sense to Believe in God'" by Stoyan Zaimov, www.christianpost.com. March 14, 2014.

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way it will change the way we work, learn, and entertain ourselves as any of these previous advances.

Way, Computer, Revolutionary

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