I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.
Bill GatesI'd be happy if I could think that the role of the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.
Bill GatesPolio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it's just there as a gift for the rest of time.
Bill GatesI feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way it will change the way we work, learn, and entertain ourselves as any of these previous advances.
Bill GatesWe're still missing about a dozen vaccines that will make a huge difference. For adults, we've got HIV and TB are still huge; for kids malaria is still killing a half million kids a year out of that 6 million. We probably need some vaccines, but we need a little more data to make sure we're getting the vaccines that will save the most lives.
Bill GatesIf you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, philanthropy really does have a role to play there, because government doesn't do R&D about new things naturally as much as it probably should, and so philanthropy's there.
Bill GatesLearning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.
Bill GatesI admire leaders in science, people who really figure things out like Richard Fineman or people who work on vaccines, tons of people working on [the] HIV vaccine. There's leaders in business, people like Warren Buffett, who've got a certain approach they take that are pretty amazing. There [are] product innovators like Steve Jobs was, where he gets behind a concept and does a fantastic job.
Bill GatesGiven how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.
Bill Gates