Show me a first-generatio n fortune and I'll show you a successful partnership between a talented individual and society's invisible venture capitali…

- William H. Gates, Sr.

Often you have to rely on your intuition.

- William H. Gates, Sr.

His own government, suing him, that's not Chocolate Sundae!

- William H. Gates, Sr.

It seems like every new corner we turn, the Rockefellers are already there. And in some cases, they have been there for a long, long time.

- William H. Gates, Sr.