Quotes from Bill Gates

There is no doubt that as an economy grows in a great way like India has, that you have to step back and change your tax systems, because you start to get more disparities of wealth.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm - not all - that religion used to fill.

Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.

If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.

By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call lower-middle income or richer.

We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

Most poor people live in the poorest countries.

In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that.

To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination, and the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.

This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.

China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them.

Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.

I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system.

The more you learn, the more you have a framework that the knowledge fits into.

And knowledge management is a means, not an end.

The present and future of knowledge attainment and essential business skills.

Leaders are those who empower others.