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

I think it’s fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we’ve ever created. They’re tools of communication, they’re tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user – Bill Gates

About three million computers get sold every year in China, but people don’t pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade – Bill Gates

If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss – Bill Gates

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

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning – Bill Gates