Bill Gates Quotes

If you can’t make it good,

at least make it look good.

I worked hard because I loved it.

Only through focus

can you do world class things.

In business,

the idea of measuring what you are doing,

picking the measurements that count…

is very important.

Business is a money game with

few rules and a lot of risk.

Great organizations demand

a high level of commitment by the people involved.

A platform is when the economic value of everybody

that uses it exceeds the value of the company

that creates it.

Our success has really been based on partnerships

from the very beginning.

As we look ahead into the next century,

leaders will be those who empower others.

We always overestimate the change

that will occur in the next two years and underestimate

the change that will occur in the next ten.

Automation applied to an inefficient operation

will magnify the inefficiency.

Automation applied to an efficient operation

will magnify the efficiency.

Information technology and business are

becoming inextricably interwoven.

The Internet is becoming the town square for

the global village of tomorrow.

Software is a great combination between

artistry and engineering.

The advance of technology is based on

making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it.

The general idea of the rich helping

the poor is important.

We’re changing the world with technology.

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.

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.