I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.

The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information to both about each other.

I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.

Creativity allows people to be effective.

The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition, is to do an outstanding job with information.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

As for drugs - well, Gates was certainly not unusual there. Marijuana was the pharmaceutical of choice.