No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.
Bill GatesI have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.
Bill GatesWhen I walk into a grocery store and look at all the products you can choose, I say, "My God!" No king ever had anything like I have in my grocery store today.
Bill GatesIn almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching.
Bill GatesIf somebody is working on a new medicine, computer science helps us model those things. We have a whole group here in Seattle called the Institute for Disease Modelling that is a mix of computer science and math-type people, and the progress we're making in polio or plans for malaria or really driven by their deep insights.
Bill Gates