The kind of environment that we developed Google in, the reason that we were able to develop a search engine, is the web was so open. Once you get too many rules, that will stifle innovation.

If what we are doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it's probably not transformative enough

Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.

We are currently not planning on conquering the world.

When I was growing up, I always knew I'd be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence.

The name was supposed to be 'Googol,' which is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. It was before the Google spellchecker existed.

As we go forward, I hope we're going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work.

Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.

We came up with the notion that not all web pages are created equal. People are – but not web pages.

When it’s too easy to get money, then you get a lot of noise mixed in with the real innovation and entrepreneurship. Tough times bring out the best parts of Silicon Valley.

Any conversation I have about innovation starts with the ultimate goal.

You look at beauty because it is one of the few profound things that humans can do.

All creative people hate mathematics. It's the most uncreative subject you can study.

We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works.

Of all the sounds that touch my soul these days, the most beautiful one of all is silence.

I think the good stories are those where the character decides to break away and do something different.

If you tell them what they want to hear, they don't bother to try to see.

At the moment when there's nothing more to lose, the Ego breaks open - and then we see who we are behind who we thought we were.

War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit.

Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the horizontal one