Bill Gates Quotes

Only in high school when I began programming computers, did I become interested in tech and start-ups, which led me to attend Stanford and major in Computer Science.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'.

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.

I'm a tech geek.

I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.

The difference between a hacker and consumer is a consumer says, "I wish it would work this way." A hacker says, "I've got a screwdriver and a few minutes.

The whole thought of a career with computers - given that hardly anybody even knew what they were - it wasn't even a concept.

Software is the language of automation.

I always loved computers - it's something inside you.

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music.

I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand.

We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them.

I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

Building Oracle is like doing math puzzles as a kid.

Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.

Computers aren’t magic; teachers are.

Programming allows you to think about thinking, and while debugging you learn learning.

For decades, computers have been helping us to remember, but now it's time for them to help us to ignore.

People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

Learning how to code and program computers when I was a kid was one of the best choices I made growing up. By writing code, I learned how to bring my dreams to life, how to budget, and how to build stuff. Whatever path you choose in life - being an artist, an engineer, a lawyer, a teacher, or even a politician, you will give yourself a huge leg up if you learn how to code.

The architect holds much knowledge, but is not a specialist. Especially with the computer and technology, the amount of knowledge an architect possesses keeps on growing.

We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question.