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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.

“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

All Quotes by Bill Gates

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”

— Bill Gates

Business

“We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should.”

— Bill Gates

Food

“We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.”

— Bill Gates

Money

“Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.”

— Bill Gates

Computers

“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

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

— Bill Gates

Failure

“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

“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

“A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.”

— Bill Gates

Society

“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.”

— Bill Gates

Business

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

— Bill Gates

Learning

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

— Bill Gates

Success

“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

“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

“Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them.”

— Bill Gates

Time

“Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.”

— Bill Gates

Truth

“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

“If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.”

— Bill Gates

Good

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

— Bill Gates

Time