Quotes of: Gates Keyword

Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me.

Leo Szilard

An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.

Levi Strauss

In the '70s and '80s, the mentality of America was that everything was disposable. The notion of quality wasn't important.

Les Wexner

Well, it was a typical meeting with the President. He was very gracious, very outgoing.

Lew Wasserman

It's much harder these days as a start-up to do physical devices.

Marc Andreessen

If you own a football club, you have to be really involved and committed.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization.

Michael Dell

I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.

Michael Eisner

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

Marcus Garvey

It's difficult for any single company to develop all the applications and services.

Ma Huateng

My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.

Ma Huateng

I think Steve Jobs is my idol.

Ma Huateng

Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.

Magic Johnson

I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.

Magic Johnson

The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.

Magic Johnson

I actually built a tiny computer as a junior high school project.

Mitch Kapor

Open source can propagate to fill all the nooks and crannies that people want it to fill.

Mitch Kapor

I believe in having an impact in doing things.

Mitch Kapor

If only I'd stayed on the West Coast, I might have made something of myself.

Mitch Kapor

Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.

Mitch Kapor

I've been developing mobile for years before anybody else really thought it was that important.

Max Levchin