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

If geek means you’re willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn’t like geeks, you are in real trouble – Bill Gates

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

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