Quotes from Bill Gates

Google's done a super good job on search; Apple's done a great job on the IPod.

Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world

If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all – including the poorest.

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.

Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.

The impact of improving health is that the population growth goes down, and so you can educate more kids, feed more kids.

Everyone knows about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now help me spread the word about Giving Tuesday!

The fact that there was no catastrophic pandemic in recent history does not mean there won't be another one. And we are certainly not prepared for the next pandemic.

Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.

I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.

Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries – but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.

in china when you're one in a million, there are 1300 people just like you

Microsoft is a company that manages imagination.

Microsoft's only factory asset is the human imagination.

If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.

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

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

Paul and I, we never thought that we would make much money out of the thing. We just loved writing software.

There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.

I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.

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.