Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
Bill GatesRead
In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you're going to be 20 years from now is how well you're doing in your education system.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Investing in education enhances one’s potential and competitive edge over time.
Bill Gates emphasizes the significance of human capital, particularly education, as a critical factor that shapes one’s future success. He suggests that the quality of one’s education serves as a predictive measure of where an individual may find themselves two decades later, highlighting the long-term impact of educational investment on personal and professional growth.
Themes
EducationHuman CapitalCompetitionFutureSuccess
In practice
Example use cases
In a commencement speech to inspire graduates about the value of education.
More from Bill Gates
All quotes →The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
Bill GatesRead
With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching in every classroom, charting a path to college and careers for all students, and developing the tools to help all children stay motivated and engaged in their own education. The more states that adopt these college and career based standards, the closer we will be to sharing innovation across state borders and becoming more competitive as a country.
Bill GatesRead
About three million computers get sold every year in China, people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. And as long as they're going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.
Bill GatesRead
Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels.
Bill GatesRead
These four policy prescriptions - strengthening educational opportunities, revamping immigration rules for highly skilled workers, increasing federal funding for basic scientific research, and providing incentives for private-sector R&D - should in my view be top priorities as Congress and the Administration consider how to maintain the nation's leadership in science, technology, and innovation.
Bill GatesRead
Similar quotes
A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.
Haile SelassieRead
By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.
Benjamin CarsonRead
You need to turn over every rock and open every door to learn your industry. This process never ends.
Mark CubanRead
I didnt go to film school, i went to films
Quentin TarantinoRead
I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.
Vladimir KramnikRead
The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.
Carl SaganRead