Bill Gates Use Quotations

I don't have any TVs with their over-the-air receivers connected in my house. But when I'm in a hotel room or other places that have a TV, then I turn it on and flip the channels just like everybody else. I'm not immune to the lures of television. I just try to stay away from it because I like to read.

Creating a piece of software is always complicated because you're doing something new. If you just wanted something that had been done before you'd just use that old piece of software. So there are no repetitive tasks.

The US really has to get out in front. We are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute.

Online education is pretty special for two reasons. One is that you can get the very best lecture in the world and wherever you are, whenever you want, you can connect to that lecture. The other is this interactivity, where if you know a topic, you can kind of skip over it. Or if you're confused about it, [the area] where you're confused can be analyzed by software.

You can make money and you can make excuses, but you can never make money out of excuses

One of the wonderful things about the information highway is that virtual equity is far easier to achieve than real-world equityWe are all created equal in the virtual world and we can use this equality to help address some of the sociological problems that society has yet to solve in the physical world.

How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.

Kenya’s M-Pesa proves that when people are empowered, they will use digital tech to innovate on their own behalf.

Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works.

The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

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

The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?'

I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.

Whether it's raising donations for favorite causes or recording a first album, the incredible advancements in technology and the Windows platform offer individuals greater opportunities to follow their passions,

We are going to use XML as a starting point to allow messages to be exchanged between computers, ... XML will allow users to get a rich and synthesized view on the Web.

Today is a great day for PC users and a great day for the PC industry,

Any version of Windows is going to have lots of great new things that people use and things that are tough.

Exposure to the reproductions [of Corbis-owned fine art photographs] is likely to increase rather than diminish reverence for the real art and encourage more people to get out to museums and galleries.

Life is not fair get used to used to it

DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.

There is information out in the Internet, out in the cloud, that could be working on your behalf, ... .NET as a platform for next generation Internet integrates privacy, security and puts information where you want it. The user experience will become a lot richer and put the user back in control.

Demands that Microsoft completely hide its Windows user interface and its Internet technology from PC users, and that we ship Netscape's competing software in every copy of Windows, all appear to benefit a single competitor at the expense of consumers,

at this point, we're not seeing anything that would be cause for appeal.

It's been shown that most people download viruses unwittingly-they don't know they're doing it until it's too late. That's what I mean here. We're talking about protecting the consumer.

This affects everyone who uses software. It's a broad sea change.

Bitcoin is mostly about anonymous transactions, and I don't think over time that's a good way to go. I'm a huge believe in digital currency... but doing it on an anonymous basis I think that leads to some abuses, so I'm not involved in Bitcoin.

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.

I'm not big on to-do lists. Instead, I use e-mail and desktop folders and my online calendar. So when I walk up to my desk, I can focus on the e-mails I've flagged and check the folders that are monitoring particular projects and particular blogs.

I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.

This is a big change for everybody -- not just users, but businesses and developers, every part of the ecosystem, ... This affects everyone who uses software. It's a broad sea change.

You want to have more information that you can just glance at and work with in a very simple way. The idea of a big screen that uses your full field of vision makes sense to us.

Microsoft and MTV Networks have combined their strengths to dramatically redefine how Windows users discover and enjoy music.

Microsoft's platforms and services, combined with BT's mobile networks, will enable users to access rich, interactive information anytime, anywhere and on any device.

We also had the tragic events of September 11th, and I know for everyone that's caused us to step back, think about our priorities. It's a tragedy that affects us personally and affects our businesses. For the computer industry in particular, I think it highlights the importance of security, giving that far more importance than we've had in the past. We don't want our digital systems to have weaknesses that allow for tragedies, exploiting the weaknesses that are there. And so there's a renewed sense of focus on that.