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Bill Gates Quotes - Page 37

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The most important work I got a chance to be involved in, no matter what I do, is the personal computer... I even knew not to get married until later because I was so obsessed with it. That's my life's work.

The most important work I got a chance to be involved in, no matter what I do, is the personal computer... I even knew not to get married until later because I was so obsessed with it. That's my life's work.

Important, Matter, Chance

D5 conference, allthingsd.com. May 30, 2007.

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.

Simple, Hands, People

"Unleash the Billionaire Within: Learn the Mastermind Principles for Acquiring Wealth Beyond Imagination". Book by Esmonde Holowaty, p. 298, 2011.

I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. As the successor to DOS, which has over 10,000,000 systems in use, it creates incredible opportunities for everyone involved with PCs.

Believe, Opportunity, Important

"Bill Gates: A Biography". Book by Michael B. Becraft, 2014.

Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority.

Taken, Priorities, Example

Bill Gates' Speech at the University of Washington, archive.fortune.com. July 20, 1998.

People who feared IBM were wrong, ... Technology is ever-changing.

Technology, People, Ibm

In my parents I saw a model where they were really always communicating, doing things together. They were really kind of a team. I wanted some of that magic myself.

Marriage, Team, Parent

Instead of buying airplanes and playing around like some of our competitors, we've rolled almost everything back to the company.

Inspiring, Business, Airplane

Comment to reporters during the IBM PC launch, 1981.

Microsoft went into orbit because it had a booster rocket attached to it called IBM.

Orbit, Microsoft, Rockets

Microsoft looks at new ideas, they don't evaluate whether the idea will move the industry forward, they ask, 'how will it help us sell more copies of Windows?

Moving, Ideas, Looks

In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases.

Country, Income, Disease

"Bill Gates: ‘Death is something we really understand extremely well’". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.washingtonpost.com. May 17, 2013.

Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.

Disease, Vulnerable, Ninety

Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.

Worry, Disease, Bios

"Bill Gates: ‘Death is something we really understand extremely well’". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.washingtonpost.com. May 17, 2013.

We’re no longer in the days where every program is super well crafted. But at the heart of the programs that make it to the top, you’ll find that the key internal code was done by a few people who really knew what they were doing.

Heart, Keys, People

Interview with Suzanne Lammers, programmersatwork.wordpress.com. 1986.

Microsoft's philosophy is to 'do things better.' And Vista has given us lots of opportunity to do that.

Philosophy, Opportunity, Microsoft

If we have optimism without empathy then it doesn't matter how much we master the secrets of science. We're not really solving problems, we're just working on puzzles.

Optimism, Empathy, Secret

Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information? Those aren't easy questions.

Drug, Surveillance, Information

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

I think philanthropy is also growing and catching on. Figuring out how the philanthropy sector, which is quite small compared to the private sector, which is the biggest by far, and then the governments, you know, even in these poor countries over time has to take on these key responsibilities. How does philanthropy accelerate that? Drive the kind of innovations, make sure they get used well. So it plays this kind of special role.

Country, Responsibility, Thinking

Source: www.ctvnews.ca

Now you have to be a collaborator and you have to bring on governments and convince people.

Government, People, Convince

Source: www.ctvnews.ca

Whenever you have a few setbacks, the idea that half as many children are dying now as back in 1990 and so... it was over 12 million a year, now it's less than 6 million a year. We have a clear path to get that under 3 million a year and we know what to do. And this generation of young Africans is a very large group.

Children, Years, Ideas

Source: www.ctvnews.ca

Vaccines are a miracle; they're fantastic. Anything that makes people hesitate to give their children these vaccines according to the recommended schedule creates risk. Risk for the children who don't get vaccinated and risk for children, some of whom don't have an immune system, so they're benefiting from the fact that the community protection means the disease doesn't get to them.

Children, Mean, Vaccines

Source: www.geekwire.com

Test scores aren't perfect, but having a test score for math or reading or other things that we can objectively measure is a meaningful component that makes a lot of sense.

Meaningful, Reading, Math

"Bill Gates Seeks Formula for Better Teachers". Interview with Stephanie Banchero, www.wsj.com. March 22, 2011.

Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.

Connections, Internet, Downloads

"Bill Gates predicted the future in January 2000". Interview with Noah Robischon, ew.com. October 28, 2015.

If you count E-mail, I'm on the Internet all day, every day.

Mail, Internet, Ifs

"The day Bill Gates didn't call me a communist". Interview with Philip Elmer-DeWitt, David S. Jackson, fortune.com. June 28, 2008.

Newspaper readership is still growing in India.

India, Growing, Newspapers

No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.

Boards, Microsoft, Want

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