Bill Gates

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

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

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

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

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

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.

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

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

Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.

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.

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

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.

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.

Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules — not just for governments but for private companies.