Bill Gates quotes - page 9

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. (Bill Gates)
The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market opportunities - that's something that appropriately ought to be done. View quote
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In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very few concepts very well over a few years. View quote
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By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while. View quote
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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. View quote
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For a highly motivated learner, it's not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you're a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good. View quote
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My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers. So I am constantly getting these notices telling me I haven't paid something when really it is just on the wrong computer. View quote
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There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed. View quote
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I'm certainly well taken care of in terms of food and clothes. View quote
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The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about. View quote
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Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community. (Bill Gates)
The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs. View quote
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I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. View quote
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Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it's wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore. View quote
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I don't generally read a lot of fiction. View quote
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Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them. View quote
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I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. View quote
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My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things. View quote
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I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it. View quote
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Common Core is a big win for education. View quote
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The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive. (Bill Gates)
Security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. View quote
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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.' View quote
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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. View quote
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Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry. View quote
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