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Ending an era with Bill Gates' best quotes

On Microsoft…

"Microsoft looks at new ideas, they don't evaluate whether the idea will move the industry forward, they ask, 'how will it help us sell more copies of Windows?'"

Gates' competitive streak comes through in an article in The Seattle Weekly (1998).

"Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It's a good thing we have museums to document that."

Speech at the Computer History Museum, InfoWorld magazine (2001).

On success...

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

Gates suggests he won't rest on his laurels. From Gates' book, The Road Ahead (1995).

"I wish I wasn't [the richest man in the world]. There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it."

There must be a few benefits surely? As quoted in The Guardian (2006).

On religion...

"Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning."

Time magazine, 1997.