Bill Gates

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.

I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.

Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them.

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

I spend a lot of time reading.

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

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

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.

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.

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

People everywhere love Windows.

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

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?

Life is not fair get used to it.