“You're probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm.” IfsFeelsTrackWormsSidewalkRight TrackRainstorms Author:Larry Page
“How exciting is it to come to work if the best you can do is trounce some other company that does roughly the same thing?” IfsDoeCan DoCompanyExciting Author:Larry Page
“If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education.” PeopleIfsLooksImpactFocusedGeneral Knowledge Author:Larry Page
“If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.” IfsWorldInspirationalImportantInspirationMotivationalWorkMorningImportant ThingsExcitedGet UpPerformingChanging The WorldGood DayGood MorningHave A Good DayGood Morning Inspirational Author:Larry Page
“If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.” IfsProblemAsksGrowthEconomicMajorsMassDrivenOrganizedOur SocietyEconomistFarmingEconomic GrowthManufacturingMechanization Author:Larry Page
“I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. There are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name. They all travel as if they are pack dogs and stick to each other like glue. The best people want to work the big challenges.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantFeelsFirstsLittlesEnoughDreamBigsNamesSoundChallengesProgressCrazyDogEasierCompetitionSticksNutsAmbitiousPacksGraduationGlueBig ChallengesMega Author:Larry Page
“Part of our brand is that we're pretty understated in what we do. If you look at other technology companies, they might preannounce things, and it will be a couple years before they really happen, and they don't happen in the way they said they would.” IfsWayYearsLooksSaidMightHappensCompanyTechnologyCoupleBrandsThey SaidUnderstated Author:Larry Page
“You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.” IfsKnowsImportantSometimesShowsDreamInspirationNightNextMorningGoneMiddleBedWake UpReally GreatPencilsVividMiddle Of The NightPadsStop DreamingVivid Dreams Author:Larry Page
“If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.” IfsLongInspiringCompanyLong TimeBeachMotivatedLong Time AgoLarrySuccessful Company Author:Larry Page
“If you can run the company a bit more collaboratively, you get a better result, because you have more bandwidth and checking and balancing going on.” IfsRunningBitsResultsCompanyPartnershipBandwidth Author:Larry Page
“We have a mantra: don't be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsWould BeEvilKnownKnow HowWonderfulEntrepreneurCustomersBest ThingsUsersWonderful ThingsDo The BestMantras Author:Larry Page
“If you say you want to automate cars and save people's lives, the skills you need for that aren't taught in any particular discipline. I know - I was interested in working on automating cars when I was a Ph.D. student in 1995.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantNeedsCarStudentsTaughtParticularDisciplineSkills Author:Larry Page
“If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.” IfsLongCareWaitingLong TimeLeavingAccessDrivingHealth CareParking Author:Larry Page
“Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.” IfsThinkingBelieveLooksBigsLeaderIssuesOrganizationManagementEntrepreneurDon't BelieveStatic Author:Larry Page
“It's very hard to fail completely, if you aim high enough.” IfsHardEnoughFailingAimAim High Author:Larry Page
“We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways - by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company.” IfsWorldWayBelieveLongDoeImportantCultureTermBusinessCompanyGainsAspectGood ThingsLong TermShort TermShareholders Author:Larry Page
“If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.” IfsCrazyWrong Things Author:Larry Page
