Quotes from Bill Gates

I've always been amazed by Da Vinci, because he worked out science on his own. He would work by drawing things and writing down his ideas. Of course, he designed all sorts of flying machines way before you could actually build something like that.

The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.

We all know that there are these exemplars who can take the toughest students, and they'll teach them two-and-a-half years of math in a single year.

The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world.

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking.

When you have money in hand, only you forget who are you .But when you do not have any money in your hand, the whole world forget who you are.It's life.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.

But I hope you'll spend more time and energy supporting whatever you're in favor of than opposing whatever you're against.

I studied every thing but never topped.. But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees - Bill Gates

Remember that we need to find solutions for all five activities that emissions come from: making things, plugging in, growing things, getting around, and keeping cool and warm.

There are two numbers you need to know about climate change. The first is 51 billion. The other is zero. Fifty-one billion is how many tons of greenhouse gases the world typically adds to the atmosphere every year.

Well, I went for a ride but I didn't find my car

Whatever other resources you may have, you can always use your voice and your vote to effect change.

Business is a money game with few rules and a lot of risk.

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In other words, by mid-century, climate change could be just as deadly as COVID-19, and by 2100 it could be five times as deadly.

It may sound old-fashioned, but letters and phone calls to your elected officials can have a real impact.

If you want to understand the kind of damage that climate change will inflict, look at COVID-19 and then imagine spreading the pain out over a much longer period of time.

In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future. --Bill Gates (1955-)

The world uses more than 4 billion gallons every day. When you're using any product at that kind of volume, you can't simply stop overnight.

times with follow-up questions. Eventually it sank in. The world needs to provide more energy so the poorest can thrive, but we need to provide that energy without releasing any more greenhouse gases. Now the problem seemed even harder. It wasn't enough to deliver cheap, reliable energy for the poor. It also had to be clean.

In this business, by the time you realize you are in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless your running scared all the time, you're gone.