Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.
Bill Gates
Employers have decided that having the breadth of knowledge that's associated with a four-year degree is often something they want to see in the... →
All historians generalize from particulars. And often, if you look at a historian's footnotes, the number of examples of specific cases is very... →
Henry Louis Gates
You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I've never had a... →
The Western stereotype of Africa and its black citizens as devoid of reason and, therefore, subhuman was often shared by white master and black... →
There are absolutely lots of teachers who are trying to come into the profession, but they are not attracted enough to say, 'I'm going to... →
Melinda Gates
I've seen, all too often in my career, people coming in to lead agencies and organizations and trying to impose change from the top down. Never... →
Robert M. Gates
When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.
Shakti Gawain
Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we... →
As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals, rather... →
Atul Gawande