If something is expensive to develop, and somebody’s not going to get paid, it won’t get developed. So you decide: Do you want software to be written, or not? – Bill Gates

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50 – Bill Gates

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping – they called it opportunity – Bill Gates

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot – Bill Gates

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana – Bill Gates

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose – Bill Gates