The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.
Published on June 1, 2016 , under Quotes
Source: Bill Gates, Ounce of Prevention Fund Luncheon: William H. Gates Sr. (April 17, 2007)
Complete Sentence: We’re helping to fund the school district’s work to improve high schools, but the problem doesn’t start in high school. It doesn’t start in college. It starts long before that—on Day One—and it has ramifications that last forever. We know that the first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.