If you're low-income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than you do of getting a four-year degree. And that doesn't seem entirely fair. Bill Gates chancedegreefair Change image and share on social
The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same. Bill Gates breakthroughbusinessengineer share on social
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form. Bill Gates bigbringcall share on social
The Internet is the easiest thing to get into. To be an Internet retailer, you just get that URL. Bill Gates easyinternetretailer Change image and share on social
Outlook 2003 did create the idea of search folders and the whole Longhorn philosophy. You can see it at work in search folders, where instead of having to drop things into individual folders, and things exist only in one folder, you create these search folders and you have the criteria for the search folder. Bill Gates createcriteriondrop share on social
Harnessing steam power required many innovations, as William Rosen chronicles in the book 'The Most Powerful Idea in the World.' Bill Gates bookchronicleharness Change image and share on social
The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster. Bill Gates badfastflu Change image and share on social
It's possible - you can never know - that the universe exists only for me. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit. Bill Gates admitexistuniverse Change image and share on social
There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil. Bill Gates authorbookforward Change image and share on social