Bill Gates Quotes
Microsoft
"At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right."
Miscellaneous
"I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot. "
"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG.
Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
It's not manufacturers trying to rip anybody off or anything like that. There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of. [1980 interview]
If you show people the problems and you show people the solutions they will be moved to act
Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning