Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs. Bill Gates abilitycollaboratecustomer share on social
When you revolutionize education, you're taking the very mechanism of how people be smarter and do new things, and you're priming the pump for so many incredible things. Bill Gates educationincrediblemechanism Change image and share on social
If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG. Bill Gates 000carcomputer Change image and share on social
My experience of malaria was just taking anti-malarials, which give you strange dreams, because I don't want to get malaria. Bill Gates antidreamexperience Change image and share on social
What's amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life. Bill Gates amazeinterestlife share on social
Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down. Bill Gates breakcarehealth Change image and share on social
If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers. Bill Gates appliancecompanycompetition share on social
Now everyone takes it for granted that you can look up movie reviews, track locations, and order stuff online. I wish there was a way we could take it away from people for a day so they could remember what it was like without it. Bill Gates daygrantlocation share on social
In a budget, how important is art versus music versus athletics versus computer programming? At the end of the day, some of those trade-offs will be made politically. Bill Gates artathleticbudget Change image and share on social
Measles will always show you if someone isn't doing a good job on vaccinations. Kids will start dying of measles. Bill Gates diegoodjob Change image and share on social
