Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Bill Gates Quotes
GlobalizationMineral ResourcesEconomic ValueResource Discovery Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources.
Communication And CollaborationProductivityEntertainment And Social MediaVoice And Representation The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard.
PoliticsInfluenceMoney's Role Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.
ChangeLong-term PerspectiveInnovationPreparednessAction We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
TechnologyEase of Use It's easier to add things on to a PC than it's ever been before. It's one click, and boom, it comes down.
OptimismProgressEmpowerment The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.
EducationChildcareParentingSchool SystemSociety K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things.
ExposureAwarenessExperience Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.
PovertyIndustrial RevolutionInequality If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.
RegulationSafetyTestingRisk AssessmentRegulatory Review Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides.
CautionDiscernmentAuthenticityFiltering The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no repetition, just sending it to very few people, and that being done as spam - those things get close enough that you want to be careful never to filter out something that's legitimate.
PhilanthropyLeadershipCreativityFocusEntrepreneurship Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
TechnologyDigitalizationEfficiencyModern WorkOrganization Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form.
BeliefFaithDecisionImpact 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.
EntrepreneurshipBusiness SuccessSocial ImprovementGlobal Development China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them.
TechnologyMarket ShareUser ExperienceFrustrationProductivity With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot of those users are frustrated. They can't type. They can't create documents.
Climate ChangeCarbon EmissionsSustainabilityAction Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.
CorruptionAid Criticism Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.
AfricaDevelopmentMalaria Eradication For Africa to move forward, you've really got to get rid of malaria.
PerspectiveMedia BiasImprovement Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.
SuccessRewardCreativitySustainability Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.
TechnologyBusinessInterconnection Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.
InnovationTechnologyProgressContributionImpact Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.
Computer VisionListeningMachine Learning The future of Windows is to let the computer see, listen and even learn.
Dream When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.
Global CooperationGoal SettingPoverty Alleviation Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.
TechnologyEnergyProgressHuman AchievementCivilization Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.
DiscriminationOppressionSocial InequalityMarginalization Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.
Literary PreferenceAuthorsBooks There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.
Future PossibilitiesInnovationVisionPotentialTechnology We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.
SurveillancePrivacyDigital AgeFree Speech There's no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, 'The government's corrupt,' and not having the intelligence service see your face. In the digital world, that can be done.
ProductivityTechnologyEfficiencyWorkspace On my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you'll never go back, because it has a direct impact on productivity.
SuccessBusinessInnovationProduct DevelopmentGrowth The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.
MoneyFreedom I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.
Healthcare AccessPovertyCostInequality In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.
BioterrorismPublic HealthPreparednessSecurity Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.
CultureInfant MortalityNaming Customs According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.
Financial RewardInnovationCompetitionTechnology The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it.
AgricultureHuman SurvivalEfficiencyFood SecurityTechnology Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.
Focus 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?
Public HealthHealthcare WorkersPerformanceAccountability In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How well trained are they? Are they showing up to work?
CollaborationCommunicationCommunityInnovation A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.
PhilanthropyConsumerism Vs AltruismPausesTraditionCommunity Spirit You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.