Quotes from Bill Gates

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.

The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know.

You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

Common Core is a big win for education.

Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.

Now everyone takes it for granted that you can look up movie reviews, track locations, and order stuff online. I wish there was a way we could take it away from people for a day so they could remember what it was like without it.

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.

In ninth grade, I came up with a new form of rebellion. I hadn't been getting good grades, but I decided to get all A's without taking a book home. I didn't go to math class, because I knew enough and had read ahead, and I placed within the top 10 people in the nation on an aptitude exam.

In the old generation, if one kid bought a PlayStation 2 and the other kid bought an Xbox, at his house you played PlayStation, at your house you played Xbox. Now that it's online, all those early buyers who... you want to play with, they've got their reputation online of who they are and how good they are at these games.