Bill Gates

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

“I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.”

“The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world.”

“The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.”

“Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe ten percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.”

“The mainstream is always under attack.”

“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.”

“Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.”

“Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there.”

“For Africa to move forward, you've really got to get rid of malaria.”

“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.”

“The 'Billionaire' song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It's funny.”

“Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form.”