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71 Bill Gates Quotes and Sayings Score
Before you were born¸ your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills¸ cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation¸ try delousing the closet in your own room 79
Life is not fair¸ get used to it 79
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act 77
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose 76
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself 76
Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way¸ until every inner city is cleaned up¸ there is no shortage of things to do 76
Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world¸ if you do so¸ you are insulting yourself 75
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure 75
Often you have to rely on intuition 75
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them¸ the teacher is the most important 75
As we look ahead into the next century¸ leaders will be those who empower others 74
If you mess up¸ it's not your parents fault¸ so don't whine about your mistakes¸ learn from them 74
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 74
You will not make $60¸000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both 74
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one 73
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 73
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 73
Smart is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness¸ an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective 73
The vision is really about empowering workers¸ giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do a lot more than they've done in the past 73
We're only at the beginning of what we have to do here 73
Your school may have done away with winners and losers¸ but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades¸ they'll give you as many chances as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to anything 73
Every day we're saying¸ "How can we keep this customer happy?" How can we get ahead in innovation by doing this¸ because if we don't¸ somebody else will 72
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid¸ and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot 72
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line¸ don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? 72
If you think your teacher is tough¸ wait till you get a boss 72
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 72
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 71
If you can't make it good¸ at least make it look good 71
Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning 71
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 71
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning 71
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping¸ they called it opportunity 70
I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune¸ the size of which is hard to imagine¸ is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them 70
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana 70
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 70
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 70
I look forward¸ I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead 69
If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has¸ we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG 69
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 69
We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be 69
I studied every thing but never topped¸ But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees 68
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 68
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summer off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time 68
Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs 68
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow 68
I like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things. I like the fact that if people really try they can figure out how to invent things that actually have an impact 67
To create a new standard it takes something that's not just a little bit different. It takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination. And the Macintosh¸ of all the machines I've ever seen¸ is the only one that meets that standard 67
Whether it's Google or Apple or free software¸ we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes 67
At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top¸ I'm afraid that's not quite right 66
Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved 66
Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness 66
People everywhere love Windows 66
When you want to do your homework¸ fill out your tax return¸ or see all the choices for a trip you want to take¸ you need a full-size screen 66
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 65
640K ought to be enough for anybody 64
Love him or hate him¸ he sure hits the nail on the head with this! 64
We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior 64
Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things 63
When the PC was launched¸ people knew it was important 63
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 62
There are people who don't like capitalism¸ and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft 62
I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money¸ and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away 61
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other 61
If you're asking whether I intentionally mess up my hair¸ no¸ I don't. And certain things¸ like my freckles¸ they're just there. I don't do anything consciously. I suppose I could get contact lenses. I suppose I could comb my hair more often 59
DOS is ugly and interferes with users experience 57
I'm cooler than you. Waay cooler 57
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 56
You see¸ antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold¸ unfeeling machines will show us the way 56
Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component¸ where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human does something that does not please Windows 54
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo 53
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 51