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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education.

I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.

Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.

It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change — as well as some ecosystems, which nobody wants to see disappear.

The future of advertising is the Internet.

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.