Bill Gates
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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.

Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school.

This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

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.

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

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

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.

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

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