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Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
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The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
Written by Bill Gates
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Written by Bill Gates
I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.
Written by Bill Gates
There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.
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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.
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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Written by Bill Gates
I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.
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Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.
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Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.
Written by Bill Gates
When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.
Written by Bill Gates
When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.
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We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.
Written by Bill Gates
I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?
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We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.
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Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.
Written by Bill Gates
People everywhere love Windows.
Written by Bill Gates
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.
Written by Bill Gates
DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.
Written by Bill Gates
Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
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Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
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People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.
Written by Bill Gates
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
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Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
Written by Bill Gates
If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
Written by Bill Gates
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
Written by Bill Gates
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
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It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
Written by Bill Gates
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
Written by Bill Gates
If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.
Written by Bill Gates

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