Bill Gates Quotes

"I started to play golf about five years ago. It was humbling. I really like it but it's so frustrating!"

"If you get health, then you have opportunity for literacy. Health first, then literacy."

"The government is going to file a lawsuit. Microsoft is innocent of any of these charges and we're certainly going to defend ourselves vigorously,"

"This is clearly the most massive attempt at government regulation of the technology industry ever."

"Now the growth in the last year in Europe was very rapid and so you can say the gap is closing a bit. But I think it's still an issue of great concern. A lot of kids graduate from college in Europe without having the in-depth exposure that most U.S. students receive. So there's work to be done."

"Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time."

"the greatest unpredicted miracle in history."

"We are embarking on the richest series of product releases in our company's 30-year history. Beyond the opportunities this presents for our customers and partners, these new live offerings represent an incredibly powerful way of enabling customers to more quickly access and benefit from the innovations being developed by our product teams."

"This is the first time in our 25-year history we've actually changed our vision statement,"

"It is certainly a dream come true in that we set a computer on every desk in every home and have the level of sales and profitability and employees we have today,"

"The home itself will be like a computer system,"

"Billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!"

"Software, by being comprehensive, can save costs by avoiding add-on pieces of software. We can save money in terms of speed of development or by being able to run on less expensive hardware."

"In the living room itself, Xbox 360 is our centerpiece and a product that redefines what goes on there."

"You make a grown man cry."

"Hopefully, out of the research that gets funded here, we can have a flu vaccine that works against all forms, [an] approach that would save a lot of lives. Flu kills a lot of people in the world at large every year."

"People everywhere love Windows."

"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."

"If there's one cultural quality we have, it's that we always see ourselves as an underdog."

"Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting."