Bill Gates
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8 quotes we’ve traced to Bill Gates
“If you invent a breakthrough in artificial intelligence so machines can learn, that is worth 10 Microsofts”
Verified“People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten”
Verified“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose”
Verified“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning”
Verified“640K ought to be enough for anybody”
Disputed“I see little commercial potential for the internet for the next 10 years”
Disputed“If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake”
Disputed“The internet is just a passing fad”
DisputedNot actually Bill Gates
Often misattributed to Bill Gates
Famous lines widely pinned on Bill Gates that we’ve traced to someone else.
“640K ought to be enough for anybody”
actually No verified speaker
“A future startup with no patents of its own will be forced to pay whatever price the giants choose to impose”
actually League for Programming Freedom
“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one”
actually Charles J. Sykes
“I see little commercial potential for the internet for the next 10 years”
actually No verified speaker
“I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it”
actually Clarence E. Bleicher
“If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake”
actually No verified speaker
“Life is not fair; get used to it”
actually Charles J. Sykes
“The internet is just a passing fad”
actually No verified speaker
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