Bill Gates Quotes

American - Businessman Born: October 28, 1955

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

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

Success, Teacher, People, Smart, Lose

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

Technology, Business, Automation, Will

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. - Bill Gates

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. Bill Gates

Tomorrow, Internet, Village, Town

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

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

Success, Failure, Celebrate, Important

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

Technology, Teacher, Working Together

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life. Bill Gates

Life, Technology, You, Everyday, Notice

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

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

People, Feedback, Need, Will, Give, Us

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

Technology, Business, Think, Information

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. - Bill Gates

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

Learning, Unhappy, Source, Greatest

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

Revolution, Industrial Revolution, You

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Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up. - Bill Gates

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up. Bill Gates

Discrimination, Tough, Layers, Up, Leg

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity. Bill Gates

Giving, Day, Monday, Black, Thanksgiving

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, Fear, Time, Ignorance, People

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

Change, Environmental, Problem, Terrible

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

Communication, Creativity, Computers

The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard. Bill Gates

Social Media, People, World, Amazing

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society. Bill Gates

Positive, People, Society, Help, Think

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable. - Bill Gates

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable. Bill Gates

Prevention, Without, Treatment, Simply

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. - Bill Gates

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. Bill Gates

Great, Engineering, Software, Between

The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at all-time low. Bill Gates

History, Time, Today, People, World, Low

Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school. Bill Gates

Education, Teacher, Best, Great, Child

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

World, Privacy, Rules, Information, You

Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education. Bill Gates

Education, College, Never, Unemployment

If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers. Bill Gates

Competition, Better, Design, You, Would

Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace. - Bill Gates

Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace. Bill Gates

Innovation, Moving, Fast, Pace

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students. Bill Gates

Technology, Attention, Teachers, Special

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