It's a romantic notion that you're going to have one brilliant idea and then everything is going to be great... but the execution and delivery are what's key.

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.

It took me a long time to realiseThat mothers are women who carry you And not necessarily in their womb.

Just because you can't read doesn't make you dumb. It just means you haven't learned yet.

Friends have a way of speaking without words.

The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter.

You have to have a lot of kids.

We all know fear. But passion makes us fearless.

We want a state of things in which crime will not pay, a state of things which allows every man the largest liberty compatible with the liberty of every other man.

If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things.

The fine arts thing at college was always too much for me to think about. What I was more involved in was being successful at arts school.