Quotes by Bill Gates

Software substitution, whether its for drivers or waiters or nurses - its progressing. Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set.

There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable.

My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.

My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when youre trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where youre giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what youre trying to do?

Weve got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isnt willing to.

In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where youre going to be 20 years from now is how well youre doing in your education system.

Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another.

When Ford sells a car, a dealer isnt allowed to take out the engine and put a different one in. When a newsstand sells the Washington Post, no one can go to the newsstand and pay them to rip out the classified section and put their own classified section in - if they could, they would do so.

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

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, theres such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so theyre rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.

Although I dont have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then.

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.

OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me Trey because Im William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and Im also known.

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. Its not a popular position.