Quotes from Bill Gates

You're never going to get the amount of CO2 emitted to go down unless you deal with the one magic metric, which is CO2 per kilowatt-hour.

I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he's got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups.

Nobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

The part of uranium that's fissile - when you hit it with a neutron, it splits in two - is about 0.7%. The reactors we have today are burning that 0.7%.

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.

I work hard because I love my work.

Solutions to all biological problems are greatly advanced by the sequencing work and the new tools that are created.

I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.

See the clock only when you have No work.... Don't see the clock when you are working.... Clock is a lock for success

Information work is thinking work.

Whenever there is hard work to be done, I assign it to the laziest man as he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. Be lazy, think crazy.

Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.

Our work in global health is about things like cutting childhood deaths, and every year we continue to make progress there.

While we're all very dependent on technology, it doesn't always work.

I don't think you're as capable of handling lack of sleep or whatever challenges you throw at your body as you get older. However, I never missed a day of work.

Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put three man-years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product, and distributing it for free?

Haiti should remind us all that there is an immediate need to invest in and promote long-term development projects that are sustainable, scalable, and proven to work.

The job was to put into a, a computer with only 4K of memory an entire basic full blown, floating point Basic and that's one of the greatest programming feats I've ever had a chance to work on.

Be nice to nerds,,, one day u might have to work for one

We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others.

I find golf very relaxing. It's a way to get away from work and get outside. It's a lot of fun, and once you get going it's almost kind of addictive.

[We in Microsoft] are not the only software company but we are a great software company doing some unique work.