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Bill Gates Quotes - Page 3

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I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.

I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.

Kids, Thinking, Leaving

Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. Fabruary 11, 2013.

See the clock only when you have No work.... Don't see the clock when you are working.... Clock is a lock for success

Locks, Clock

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.

Technology, Everyday, Fit

'I don't know' has become 'I don't know yet'.

Inspirational, Life, Education

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.

Running, Money, Funny Inspirational

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.

Prevention, Treatment

I went public too soon. Stay private as long as you can.

Long

Source: www.strategy-business.com

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

Minorities, Legs, Layers

"Bill Gates invites us all to read Jared Diamond's The World Until Yesterday" by Liz Bury, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2013.

A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything.

Fundamentals, Internet

1999 Business@the Speed of Thought (co-written with Collins Hemingway).

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you're glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.

Zero, Giving Up, Numbers

"An exclusive interview with Bill Gates" by Richard Waters, www.ft.com. November 1, 2013.

It’s useful to compare our preparations for epidemics with our preparations for war.

War, Epidemics, Preparation

Every day were saying, 'How can we keep this customer happy?' How can we get ahead in innovation by doing this, because if we don't, somebody else will.

Money, Business, Loyal Customers

Learn from your unhappy customers.

Unhappy, Customers

I work hard because I love my work.

Hard Work, Hard

Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson (1996). “The Road Ahead”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Life, Education, Mistake

"The 11 Rules Of Life" by Evelyn Pelczar, www.elitedaily.com. February 13, 2013.

Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.

Thinking, Careers, People

"Q&A: Gates talks about letting go, the future and the foundation". Interview with Todd Bishop and Tom Paulson, www.seattlepi.com. June 23, 2008.

Bridge is the king of all card games.

Kings, Games, Bridges

Look At The Clock When You Are Sitting idle. But Never Look At The Clock When You Are Working.

Looks, Sitting, Clock

Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.

Inspirational, Motivational, Business

Banking is necessary - banks are not.

Banking

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

Microsoft is always two years away from failure.

Years, Two, Innovation

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.

Book, Home, Math

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Leadership, Business, Motivation

Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

There's a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a better way.

Technology, People, Done

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