Bill Gates' words of wisdom

We love to hate this man. For him being stupendously rich. For him being the owner of Microsoft that makes Windows, the OS that many love to hate, but cannot afford to sideline. All the riches and life experiences have brought forth the Plato and Socrates in Bill Gates.


Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation

Rediff showcases some of the noteworthy quotes by Bill Gates. I would admit that there are some quotes that are worth remembering. Check these for example.

1. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.


2. If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.


3. Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.


4. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.


5. Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

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All successful people always have something to share about their learnings in life. And they always admit that their failures taught them a lot. It is therefore only ironic that we do not look at our society's failures and learn from them on what not to do. Or is it that the failures (atleast we call them so) are those who did not adhere to the already known rules? Can it not be that there are new learnings to add to our rule-book? There always is.

And that, my friends, is today's fodder for thought!