“We should be focusing on building things that do not exist.” ShouldBuildingBuilding Things Author:Larry Page
“I like going to Burning Man, for example. That's an environment where people can try out different things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out some new things and figure out what is the effect on society, what's the effect on people, without having to deploy kind of into the normal world.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldShouldTryingWholeEnvironmentEffectsFiguresExampleSafeShould HaveWhole WorldBurningNew ThingsSafe PlacesBurning Man Author: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.” PeopleInspirationalShouldTryingLittlesImportantGoalImpossibleCollegeHealthyOptimismSillyPhrasesDisregard Author:Larry Page
“I have always believed that technology should do the hard work - discovery, organization, communication - so users can do what makes them happiest: living and loving, not messing with annoying computers! That means making our products work together seamlessly.” ShouldMeanHardTogetherCan DoTechnologyProductsHard WorkCommunicationInternetComputerDiscoveryOrganizationWorking TogetherAnnoyingUsersAlways Believe Author:Larry Page
“We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.” ShouldDecisionManagementManagers Author:Larry Page
“Technology should do the hard work, so you can get on and live your life. We're only at one percent of what's possible, and we're moving slow relative to the opportunity we have.” ShouldHardMovingOpportunityTechnologyHard WorkPercentRelativeLive Your Life Author:Larry Page
“Every story I read about Google is about us vs some other company, or something else, and I really don't find that interesting. We should be building great things that don't exist. Being negative is not how we make progress.” ShouldStoriesInterestingCompanyProgressBuildingNegativeGreat ThingsGoogle Author:Larry Page
“We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.” ThinkingShouldStillsStoriesMovingOpportunityBuildingBoringDespiteFasterRelativeNegativityGoogle Author:Larry Page
“Technology should do the hard work so people can do the things that make them the happiest in life.” PeopleShouldHardCan DoTechnologyHard Work Author:Larry Page
