Bill Gates

If you are born poor its not your mistake, but if you die poor its your mistake.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

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

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

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

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.

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.

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.

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