If something's expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid, it won't get developed. So you decide: Do you want software to be written, or not?
Bill GatesIf GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.
Bill GatesThe government is there day in and day out, if you want all kids to have education, if you want to run courts, if you want to have an army, if you want to have roads, you've got to have the taxation system that funds everything that you expect.
Bill GatesWhenever you have war, you often have more deaths because the medical system and the food system breaks down, than you have directly through violence.
Bill GatesThese four policy prescriptions - strengthening educational opportunities, revamping immigration rules for highly skilled workers, increasing federal funding for basic scientific research, and providing incentives for private-sector R&D - should in my view be top priorities as Congress and the Administration consider how to maintain the nation's leadership in science, technology, and innovation.
Bill Gates