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 – Bill Gates

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important – Bill Gates

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they? – Bill Gates

It’s easier for our software to compete with Linux when there’s piracy than when there’s not – Bill Gates

The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and fished out listings of their operating system – Bill Gates

The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn’t get bigger or heavier – Bill Gates