51 quotes by Bill Gates

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

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“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.” — Bill Gates

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“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.” — Bill Gates

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“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.” — Bill Gates

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“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

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“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

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“I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.” — Bill Gates

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

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

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“I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.” — Bill Gates

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“I spend a lot of time reading.” — Bill Gates

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“I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.” — Bill Gates

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

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“If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.” — Bill Gates

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

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“We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.” — Bill Gates

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“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” — Bill Gates

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

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“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

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“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

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“Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.” — Bill Gates

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“I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.” — Bill Gates

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“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

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

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“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

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