You’re probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm.
– Larry Page
Almost everyone who has had an idea that’s somewhat revolutionary or wildly successful was first told they’re insane.
– Larry Page
Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. There is a phrase I learned in college called, ‘having a healthy disregard for the impossible.’ That is a really good phrase. You should try to do things that most people would not do.
– Larry Page
You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby.
– Larry Page
Always deliver more than expected.
– Larry Page
Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!
– Larry Page
The moments that we have with friends and family, the chances that we have to make a big difference in the world or even to make a small difference to the ones we love, all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away. It can happen fast and a whole lot sooner than you think.
– Larry Page
There are basically no companies that have good slow decisions. There are only companies that have good fast decisions.
– Larry Page
It’s very hard to fail completely, if you aim high enough.
– Larry Page
If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.
– Larry Page
You treat people with respect, they tend to return the favor to the company.
– Larry Page
Technology should do the hard work so people can do the things that make them the happiest in life.
– Larry Page
Find the leverage in the world so you can be truly lazy.
– Larry Page
We have always believed that it’s possible to make money without being evil.
– Larry Page
Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to imagine it and work on it.
– Larry Page
We should be building great things that don’t exist.
– Larry Page
You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.
– Larry Page
Lots of companies don’t succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.
– Larry Page
Small groups of people can have a really huge impact.
– Larry Page
You need to get one thing done well, or else you don’t have permission to do anything else.
– Larry Page
Most of us carry at least one device, all the time, every day. In fact many of us would feel naked without our smartphone. It’s hardly surprising mobile search queries – and mobile commerce – are growing dramatically across the world.
– Larry Page
You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
– Larry Page
It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. … Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.
– Larry Page
Basically, our goal is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful.
– Larry Page
If we are not trusted, we have no business.
– Larry Page
One of our big goals in search is to make search that really understands exactly what you want, understands everything in the world. As computer scientists, we call that artificial intelligence.
– Larry Page
People are starving in the world, not because we don’t have enough food, but because we’re not organized. And computers are part of that.
– Larry Page
Computing is kind of a mess. Your computer doesn’t know where you are. It doesn’t know what you’re doing. It doesn’t know what you know.
– Larry Page
You can try to control people, or you can try to have a system that represents reality. I find that knowing what’s really happening is more important than trying to control people.
– Larry Page
If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.
– Larry Page
If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.
– Larry Page
Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I’ve pushed hard to increase our velocity, improve our execution, and focus on the big bets that will make a difference in the world.
– Larry Page