Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

" Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. "

" You can't have a rigid view that all new taxes are evil. "

" Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works. "

" As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. "

" People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I heard your dad's speech, and it's really great.' And they'll mention some place I didn't even know my dad was going to. "

" Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana. "

" The Global Fund is a central player in the progress being achieved on HIV, TB and malaria. It channels resources to help countries fight these diseases. I believe in its impact because I have seen it firsthand. "

" A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code. "

" Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation. "

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

" Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen. "

" The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about. "

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

" Almost every way we make electricity today, except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2. And so, what we're going to have to do at a global scale, is create a new system. And so, we need energy miracles. "

" I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do? "

" In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you're going to be 20 years from now is how well you're doing in your education system. "

" Personally, I'd like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems. "

" Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want. "

" The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful. "

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

" The Gates Foundation has learned that two questions can predict how much kids learn: 'Does your teacher use class time well?' and, 'When you're confused, does your teacher help you get straightened out?' "

" Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community. "

" The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and systems and having them be self-describing, so that you can aim them, ask them what their capabilities are, and communicate with them using a standard protocol. "

" I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in. "

" I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief. "

" The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I'll never be hands-on on anything except software. "

" The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era. "

" I think that society has to be careful not to shift all of its resources to the elderly versus the young. "

" Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. "

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

Working Together