"When you have money in hand,only you forget who are you .But when you do not have any money in your hand,the whole world forget who you are.It's life."
Bill Gates
Business Magnate, Philanthropist
Bill Gates is a technology entrepreneur and philanthropist known for co-founding Microsoft and his significant contributions to global health and education.
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- October 28, 1955
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"If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that you really care about. Then, learn as much as you can about it and try to volunteer your time to help an organization that is working in this area. While you're doing that, look for creative new ways to use technology to tackle parts of the problem that you come in contact with."
"I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one."
"How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose."
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
"If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?"
"Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings."
"Automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."
"Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs."
"To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks."
"When you are failing, you are forced to be creative, to dig deep and think, night and day."
"Robotics and other combinations will make the world pretty fantastic compared with today."
"You can make money and you can make excuses, but you can never make money out of excuses"
"Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly'... Their best approach so far has been to take all the old brochures and stamp the words 'user-friendly' on the cover."
"Life is a lot more fun if you treat its challenges in creative ways."
"You need to understand things in order to invent beyond them."
"I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion."
"If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture."
"We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy."
"Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone."