The truth is, homes change over time — and technology has to adapt, not try to do everything at once.

If you're not having doubt, you're not pushing the boundaries far enough.

It's easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it's hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees.

Every team member who brings intelligence, experience and passion to their creations should be called an artist or designer.

Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.

Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.

We're thrilled to join Google. With their support, Nest will be even better placed to build simple, thoughtful devices that make life easier at home, and that have a positive impact on the world.

Learning by doing is the only way I know how to learn.

People buy products, and they want to understand what those things are and how they are applicable to their life.

Over the next ten years, everything that has a cord is going to have data in it.

Usually, the biggest companies are not the most dynamic.

You ought to live life with great passion.

A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of "balance" and "deterrence".

Girls liking bad boys is the cookie jar complex. When somebody tells you you can't have a cookie, you want a cookie. But I live in a bad-boy world, artistically. All the jazz boys are bad boys.

Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.

I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really.

If you talk about change but don't change the reward and recognition system, nothing changes.

Racial relations in this country are plummeting. Racial strife is rising. All the while, Obama is out there talking about unity and bringing us together.

Having great clients is the key to investment success.

Ours are the arms with which God hugs and holds her children.

August depresses me a little. I don't even feel like eating. And when I don't eat, that's a sure sign of stagnation.