William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. Wikipedia
- “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”
- “It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
- “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
- “Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
- “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.”
- “If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.”
- “Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you. Find yourself.”
- “Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.”
- “I’m a big believer that as much as possible, and there’s obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.”
- “Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10% to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated.”
- “I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.”
- “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.”
- “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
- “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”
- “I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they’re interested in.”
- “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
- “If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.”
- “I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.”
- “Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.”
- “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.”
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