Quotes by Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III KBE is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen launched Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company.

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

SuccessBill Gates
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Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

Capitalism, North KoreaBill Gates
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

BusinessBill Gates, 1999
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Life is not fair, get used to it!

Life, FairnessBill 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.

LazinessBill Gates
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Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world…if you do so, you are insulting yourself.

Character, Self-ConfidenceBill Gates
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There are a few things that I doubt will ever go back.

CoronavirusBill Gates, April 2020
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The U.S. is past this opportunity to control COVID-19 without shutdown. We did not act fast enough to have an ability to avoid the shutdown.

CoronavirusBill Gates, March 2020
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The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

InternetBill Gates
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The Internet is like a wave. You either learn to swim with it or you sink.

InternetBill Gates
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If you were born poor, it's not your mistake.
But if you die poor, it's your mistake.

Wealth & RichnessBill Gates
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Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.

Nuclear EnergyBill Gates
 
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The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about.

Aids & HIVBill Gates
 
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If you have less money than Elon [Musk], you should probably watch out.

Bitcoin, Elon MuskBill Gates, February 2021, about investing in Bitcoin
 
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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.

Black FridayBill Gates
 
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Bitcoin is exciting because it shows how cheap it can be. Bitcoin is better than currency in that you don't have to be physically in the same place and, of course, for large transactions, currency can get pretty inconvenient.

BitcoinBill Gates, October 2014
 
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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.

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

Teachers, Education, TechnologyBill Gates
 
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Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It's a good thing we have museums to document that.

Computer, Business, MicrosoftBill Gates, am 1. Oktober 2004 (Rede im Museum für Computergeschichte)
 
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