Reading books is one of my favorite ways to learn new things and better understand the world. I try to read every day, even when I’m busy and traveling. I’m excited to share with you what I'm reading, the people I meet, and what I'm learning. I hope that you'll join the conversation here and on my blog, gatesnotes.com.
“أفضل ما في الحاسب النقال أنك مهما وضعت فيه لا يزيد حجمه ولا وزنه”
“I believe that if you show people the problems and you show Them The Solutions They Will Be Moved To Act”
“Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren’t so exciting.”
“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.”
“The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past.”
“So it's an absolute lie that has killed thousands of kids. Because the mothers who heard that lie, many of them didn't have their kids take either pertussis or measles vaccine, and their children are dead today. And so the people who go and engage in those anti-vaccine efforts -- you know, they, they kill children. It's a very sad thing, because these vaccines are important.”
“DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.”
“Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.”
“In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not...”
“Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things.”
“I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill.”
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
“I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.”
“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
“If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.”
“If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.”
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”