数学不仅仅是关于数字、方程、计算或算法：它是关于理解的。
你不需要成为摇滚明星才能改变世界。
One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.
我对与任何人竞争都不感兴趣。我希望我们都成功。
最好的建筑来自于艺术与科学的交汇。
艺术是以最简单的方式表达最深刻的思想。
You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it. Seek negative feedback, particularly from friends.
——2006年6月15日，盖茨在宣布将退出微软日常管理工作新闻发布会上的发言
"A story is only as strong as its silences."
