Bill Gates Hal Quotations

We're only halfway to what we think we can achieve,

In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That's quite clear.

If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world. This task is open-ended. It can never be finished. But a conscious effort to answer this challenge will change the world.

The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it.

Netscape was able to get the government working on its behalf.

We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail; it's ensuring that you spend your time on the e-mail that matters most.

We have competitors who will seize on these approaches and challenge us.

The challenge is not simply to say 'block all information flow,'

Life is a lot more fun if you treat its challenges in creative ways.

I don't think you're as capable of handling lack of sleep or whatever challenges you throw at your body as you get older. However, I never missed a day of work.

By helping us to be more productive, technology lets us to spend less time focusing on survival, and more on solving other challenges.

Absolutely. It's not going to happen overnight, and we should take the tools we have today and get those applied, because we can save half the lives just that way,

We can see this evolving landscape. We've all got a common challenge here.

Peter Jackson is one of Hollywood's most exciting innovators, and our partnership with him will greatly broaden the appeal of the Halo franchise. We're confident he'll create an epic that not only thrills existing Halo fans, but also introduces millions of moviegoers around the world to this amazing saga.

We believe an anti-trust lawsuit is counterproductive, costly to the taxpayers and ultimately will be unsuccessful in the courts, ... The government's action today is a step backward for America ... This suit is all about Microsoft's right to innovate on behalf of consumers -- the right to integrate new technologies into Windows as they develop.

We are making them as fast as we possibly can, and we do expect over the next three to four months that availability will get a lot better. The challenge we had -- and we're not the first to have this -- is the demand far exceeded supply.

This coming 'services wave' will be very disruptive, ... We have competitors who will seize on these approaches and challenge us ? still, the opportunity to lead is very clear.