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Bill Gates

Often you have to rely on intuition. – Bill Gates

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, its true. – Bill Gates

Digital reading will completely take over. Its lightweight and its fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over. – Bill Gates

Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because theyre not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them. – Bill Gates

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you dont really even notice it, so its part of everyday life. – Bill Gates

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesnt have tenure. – Bill Gates

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. – Bill Gates

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they cant lose. – Bill Gates

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

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. – Bill Gates

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited its less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society. – Bill Gates

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. Theres a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning. – Bill Gates

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

Im 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 wasnt on our radar screen. We were just making great software. – Bill Gates

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

If you cant make it good, at least make it look good. – Bill Gates

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 werent so exciting. – Bill Gates

If youre using first-class land for biofuels, then youre competing with the growing of food. And so youre actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture. – Bill Gates

Its fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates

DOS is ugly and interferes with users experience. – Bill Gates