Top 375 Quotes by Bill Gates

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

People don't want lots and lots of single purpose devices. They do not want to have to learn how to set up something for photos, another thing for music, another thing for video.

Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.

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.

I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.

Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.

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