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Success Life Bill Gates Quotes
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
— 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
“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
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
— Bill Gates
“If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.”
— Bill Gates
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
— Bill Gates
“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.”
— Bill Gates
“Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.”
— Bill Gates
“Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.”
— Bill Gates
“Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.”
— Bill Gates
“If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.”
— Bill Gates
“Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.”
— Bill Gates
“Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it’s digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules – not just for governments but for private companies.”
— Bill Gates
“We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.”
— Bill Gates
“Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.”
— Bill Gates
“When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.”
— Bill Gates
“Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.”
— Bill Gates
“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
“Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.”
— Bill Gates
“Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.”
— Bill Gates
“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
Success Life Bill Gates Quotes
“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
“The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.”
— Bill Gates
“Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It’s fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form.”
— Bill Gates
“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.”