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Bill Gates Quotes - Page 23

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Bioterrorism is like earthquakes, you should think in order of magnitudes. If you can kill 10 people that's a one, 100 people that's a two... Bioterrorism is the thing that can give you not just sixes, but sevens,

Bioterrorism is like earthquakes, you should think in order of magnitudes. If you can kill 10 people that's a one, 100 people that's a two... Bioterrorism is the thing that can give you not just sixes, but sevens, eights and nines.

Thinking, Order, Earthquakes

Imagine, just for the sake of discussion, that you had a few hours a week and a few dollars a month to donate to a cause - and you wanted to spend that time and money where it would have the greatest impact in saving and improving lives. Where would you spend it?

Impact, Dollars, Saving

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.

Government, Cameras, Needs

"Bill Gates And President Bill Clinton On The Nsa, Safe Sex, And American Exceptionalism". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. September 23, 2012.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done it is like a part of yourself that you've put together. I think a lot of the people here feel that way.

Thinking, Engineering, People

"MS-DOS Turns 30: PCMag's Original Interview With Bill Gates". Interview with David Bunnel, in.pcmag.com. February 1, 1982.

One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'

People, Needs, Culture

People who feel the world is tilted against them will spawn the kind of hatred that is very dangerous for all of us. I think it's a healthy sign that there are demonstrators in the streets. They are raising the question of 'is the rich world giving back enough?'

Thinking, People, Giving

In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world get energy at a reasonable price.

Energy, World, Helping

At some point, that risk-taking private capital can take over, and have patents and trade secrets and things that let them lead the way, which happened with the steam engine and some other things, although with energy, the time of adoption is a lot longer than it is with, say, IT products or even medical advances, like drugs and vaccines.

Vaccines, Adoption, Drug

"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.

Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another.

Moving, Flying Cars, Way

"Q&A: Bill Gates On Flying Cars, The Malaria Epidemic, And Article-Writing Robots". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. April 16, 2013.

I am results-oriented.

Results

Windows 95 was a nice milestone.

Nice, Window, Milestone

If I think something's a waste of time or inappropriate I don't wait to point it out. I say it right away. It's real time. So you might hear me say 'That's the dumbest idea I have ever heard' many times during a meeting.

Inspirational, Leadership, Real

"A candid conversation with the sultan of software about outsmarting his rivals". Interview with David Rensin, tech-insider.org. July 1994.

Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.

Reading, People, Good Things

"Q&A with Bill Gates: Microsoft's pushing its frontiers". Interview with Byron Acohido, abcnews.go.com.

I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.

Inspirational, Business, Mean

I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the quotation just floats like a rumor, repeated again and again.

Memories, Silly, Rumor

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

Confused, Mean, Giving

One of the wonderful things about the information highway is that virtual equity is far easier to achieve than real-world equity...We are all created equal in the virtual world and we can use this equality to help address some of the sociological problems that society has yet to solve in the physical world.

Real, Information, Use

"The Road Ahead". Book by Book by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson, 1995.

The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren't used in the food chain today, or by intercropping.

Opportunity, Land, Interesting

"Q&A: Bill Gates on the World’s Energy Crisis". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.wired.com. June 20, 2011.

How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it. Almost nobody would say it's zero. But that's where at least we need the private sector to play a big role.

Zero, Government, Play

"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.

I am not a huge gamer. My son knows a LOT more than I do about what is cool on Xbox. I played Halo but the sports games that the whole family can use are the things I use the most. I threw the javelin very very far!

Sports, Xbox, Son

"Hello Reddit – I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft founder. Ask me anything". Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 10, 2014.

The government is there day in and day out, if you want all kids to have education, if you want to run courts, if you want to have an army, if you want to have roads, you've got to have the taxation system that funds everything that you expect.

Running, Kids, Army

"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.

Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.

Fun, Philanthropy, Fulfilling

I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.

Religious, Mean, Trying

"Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview". Interview with Jeff Goodell, www.rollingstone.com. March 13, 2014.

So we can simulate Richter-10 earthquakes. We simulate 70-foot waves coming into these things. Very cool. We basically say no human should ever be required to do anything, because if you judge by Chernobyl and Fukushima, the human element is not on your side.

Feet, Your Side, Earthquakes

"Bill Gates’ Plutonium Pipe Dream: Convert Mountains of Depleted Uranium at Paducah to Power Earth for Centuries". "EnviroNews DC News Bureau" with Josh Cunnings, www.environews.tv. March 14, 2016.

I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.

Country, Thinking, Competition

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