Quotes by Bill Gates, page 2

Bill Gates - microsoft founder

Was born on 28 oct 1955.

Origin country: United States

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Quote by Bill Gates about end, idea

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

Quote by Bill Gates about good, good luck

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

Quote by Bill Gates about heads, teachers

In the decade ahead I can predict that we will provide over twice the productivity improvement that we provided in the '90s.

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

Quote by Bill Gates about life

Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved.

Quote by Bill Gates about wealth, help, world

It's been shown that most people download viruses unwittingly - they don't know they're doing it until it's too late. That's what I mean here. We're talking about protecting the consumer.

Quote by Bill Gates about talking, people

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

Quote by Bill Gates about failure

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.

Quote by Bill Gates about religion, time

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

Quote by Bill Gates about employers, life

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.

Quote by Bill Gates about wealth, help, day

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

Quote by Bill Gates about innovation, greed

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...

Quote by Bill Gates about time, people

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...

Quote by Bill Gates about ignorance, fear, people, change, time

People everywhere love Windows.

Quote by Bill Gates about love, people

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...

Quote by Bill Gates about security, computers, problems, people, being, things

So we do software for watches, for phones, for TV sets, for cars. And some of these take a long time to catch on.

Quote by Bill Gates about cars, time

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

Quote by Bill Gates about intelligence, teachers, thinking, people

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Quote by Bill Gates about tools, technology, teachers

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

Quote by Bill Gates about real estate, television, life, people