We’re responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software. that’s something we brought to computing. And so it’s a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don’t get in the way of that dream – 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

I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one’s children. It’s not constructive for them – Bill Gates

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

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life – Bill Gates

Capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it’s really let us down – Bill Gates