If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.

Quote by Bill Gates

Topics: Ability Quotes

Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can...

Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've...

It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've...

Powerful women are either sexually voracious rulers like Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I, or...

Powerful women are either sexually voracious rulers like Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I, or...

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Almost every way we make electricity today, except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts...

Almost every way we make electricity today, except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts...

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all...

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all...

There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting,...

There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting,...

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In...

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

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

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

There's a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a...

There's a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a...

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions...

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions...

There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users...

There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users...

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms...

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms...

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to...

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to...

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in...

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in...

It was not the outer granduer of the Roman but the inner simplicity of the...

It was not the outer granduer of the Roman but the inner simplicity of the...

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on...

I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on...

I'm an enemy of what I call 'computer theology.' There's a class conflict out there....

I'm an enemy of what I call 'computer theology.' There's a class conflict out there....