Bill Gates
The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions.
The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.
Fortunately for India, it has got a growing economy. If it is doing the right things with taxation and focusing on the right areas for human development, it is going to have no problem, over a period of time, taking care of its own needs.
With tech companies, whoever's the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, 'Is this the end of them?' And - there's more - more times people think that's the case than it really is the case.
I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.
In the old generation, if one kid bought a PlayStation 2 and the other kid bought an Xbox, at his house you played PlayStation, at your house you played Xbox. Now that it's online, all those early buyers who... you want to play with, they've got their reputation online of who they are and how good they are at these games.
Whenever you have multiple devices including multiple PCs that you want to share information with, it's always been a bit complicated.
The Internet is the easiest thing to get into. To be an Internet retailer, you just get that URL.
The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft inside Microsoft is always kind of an underdog thing.
Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs.
China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.
The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.
The Center for Disease Control started out as the malaria war control board based in Atlanta. Partly because the head of Coke had some people out to his plantation, and they got infected with malaria, and partly 'cause all the military recruits were coming down and having a higher fatality rate from malaria while training than in the field.
People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I heard your dad's speech, and it's really great.' And they'll mention some place I didn't even know my dad was going to.
Driving up the value of the advertising is a big commitment for Microsoft.
It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change - as well as some ecosystems, which nobody wants to see disappear.
In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science - really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.
Like any well designed software product, Windows is designed, developed and tested as an integrated whole.
It's easier to add things on to a PC than it's ever been before. It's one click, and boom, it comes down.
If you count E-mail, I'm on the Internet all day, every day.
Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.
If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work.
In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organisation to operate more effectively.
A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.
I think that society has to be careful not to shift all of its resources to the elderly versus the young.
According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.
I have a company that is not Microsoft, called Corbis. Corbis is the operation that merged with Bettman Archives. It has nothing to do with Microsoft. It was intentionally done outside of Microsoft because Microsoft isn't interested.
Vision without execution is daydreaming.Collection: Vision
Every company can choose whether to lead or follow the emerging digital trends.Collection: Trends
Be nice to nerds,,, one day u might have to work for oneCollection: Nice
I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.Collection: Goal
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.Collection: Inspirational
Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.Collection: Agility
If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.Collection: Inspirational
The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.Collection: Computer
How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.Collection: Winning
We're changing the world with technology.Collection: Technology
I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.Collection: Powerful
Patience is a key element of success.Collection: Inspirational
There will be two types of businesses in the next 5 years, those that are on the Internet, and those that are out of businessCollection: Years
Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.Collection: Inspirational
You can make money and you can make excuses, but you can never make money out of excusesCollection: Making Money
Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.Collection: Mistake
When you are failing, you are forced to be creative, to dig deep and think, night and day.Collection: Night
Don't let complexity stop you.Collection: Complexity
Life's not fair, get over it!Collection: Over It
The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.Collection: Communication