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
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
Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. – Bill Gates
I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV. – Bill Gates
Most of Roosevelts innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free society free enough, that is, to allow tens of thousands of protesters to gather on the National Mall and to broadcast their slogans and speeches to the world via C-SPAN. – Thomas Frank