#our

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do? ↗

— Bill Gates

#about #actually #another #away #confused

In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone. ↗

— Bill Gates

#by the time #gone #late #realize #running

Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy. ↗

— Bill Gates

#been #beg #binary #bow #coming

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes. ↗

— Bill Gates

#competitors #fantastic #free #free software #google

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back. ↗

— Bill Gates

#able #back #because #being #creative

I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software. ↗

— Bill Gates

#during #first #great #had #here

It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof. ↗

— Bill Gates

#kind #panels #really #roof #solar

If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble. ↗

— Bill Gates

#geeks #like #real #real trouble #trouble

We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should. ↗

— Bill Gates

#grow #our #own #processing #really

When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen. ↗