#us

I'm so bad at spontaneous impressions. ↗

— Ana Gasteyer

#i #impressions #spontaneous

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. ↗

— Bill Gates

#any #applied #automation #business #efficiency

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. ↗

— Bill Gates

#getting #important #just #kids #most

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user. ↗

— Bill Gates

#become #communication #created #creativity #empowering

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning. ↗

— Bill Gates

#could #doing #efficient #i #just

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

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG. ↗

— Bill Gates

#cars #computer #computer industry #driving #gm

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

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

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50. ↗

— Bill Gates

#business #business world #change #entering #fantastic