Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana – 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

If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them – Bill Gates

Every day were saying, ‘How can we keep this customer happy?’ How can we get ahead in innovation by doing this, because if we don’t, somebody else will – Bill Gates

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

Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It’s a good thing we have museums to document that – Bill Gates