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Bill Gates

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Bill Gates (born 1955) is an American business magnate, software developer, and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft Corporation. Under his leadership, Microsoft became the world's largest personal computer software company. Through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he has become one of the most generous philanthropists in history, focusing on global health and education.

“Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.”

— Bill Gates

Funny

All Quotes by Bill Gates

“DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.”

— Bill Gates

Experience

“In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.”

— Bill Gates

Success

“Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.”

— Bill Gates

Time

“This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.”

— Bill Gates

Business

“Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.”

— Bill Gates

Government

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

— Bill Gates

Life

“Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.”

— Bill Gates

Change

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”

— Bill Gates

Success

“Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.”

— Bill Gates

Society

“If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.”

— Bill Gates

Teacher

“It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”

— Bill Gates

Failure

“I spend a lot of time reading.”

— Bill Gates

Time

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

— Bill Gates

Learning

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.”

— Bill Gates

Business

“People everywhere love Windows.”

— Bill Gates

Love

“People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.”

— Bill Gates

Change

“The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.”

— Bill Gates

Death

“If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture.”

— Bill Gates

Food

“I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.”

— Bill Gates

Great

“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.”

— Bill Gates

Car