Bill Gates Change Quotations

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.

Because we now have a research group, and we are out there working with lots of universities and are able to continue to hire great people, I'm very optimistic about our future. But, it is a future full of change and surprise.

I thought digital technology would eventually reverse urbanization, and so far that hasn't happened. But people always overestimate how much will change in the next three years, and they underestimate how much will change over the next 10 years.

Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it.

The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.

If the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were about reengineering, then the 2000s will be about velocity.

It's pretty incredible to look back 30 years to when Microsoft was starting and realize how work has been transformed. We're finally getting close to what I call the digital workstyle.

The time is really now to change these things. That's true from the point of view of the relationship between the rich world and the poor world, it's true from a security point of view, an economic point of view. ... We're hopeful that the U.S. and other governments will see this as a turning point,

These mergers really don't change all that much over night. I didn't expect Oracle to buy Siebel, but they did,

This is a big change for everybody, ... It is employing every part of the (software) ecosystem.

This is a big change for everybody. It is employing every part of the (software) ecosystem.

This is a big change for everybody -- not just users, but businesses and developers, every part of the ecosystem, ... This affects everyone who uses software. It's a broad sea change.

In most companies, you don't get too much mail where people are saying, 'Hey, we lost this account.' But that's what you really need to know about, because it might change what you're doing. You need to know about competitive activity. You need to kn

I'm very optimistic about our future. But, it is a future full of change and surprise.

It's a revolution in how we think about software, ... This is a big change for...every part of the ecosystem.