Zitat des Tages von Bill Gates:
Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.
I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.
The microprocessor is a miracle.
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.
People everywhere love Windows.
The spread of online information isn't just good for charities. It's also good for donors. You can go to a site like Charity Navigator, which evaluates nonprofits on their financial health as well as the amount of information they share about their work.
The ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine. And to have broad usage of that vaccine. That would literally break the epidemic.
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.
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.
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.
I'm certainly well taken care of in terms of food and clothes.
If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.
I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know.
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit; your machine can be taken over totally.
Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
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?
Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.
When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Windows is probably the most important product in the entire PC industry. Everything we do in terms of supporting touch, new hardware, accessibility has incredible impact.
We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.
If you're a person struggling to eat and stay healthy, you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you'll never have heard of Bill Gates.
The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.
The mainstream is always under attack.
Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.
What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it's not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, 'Hey, I can't really figure those things out.'
Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies.
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.
Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.