“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.” ThinkingWorldGivingWholeMomentsBigsHappensDifferencesChanceWonderfulFamily And FriendsSmall Differences 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
“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
“Basically, our goal is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful.” WorldGoalKnowledgeInformationOrganize Author:Larry Page
“My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.” WorldFeelsJobsOpportunityGoalBusinessCompanyLeaderImpactMeaningfulGoogleContributingGreat OpportunityBetter Jobs Author: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.” WorldFeelsFactsTechnologyGrowingInternetNakedDevicesSurprisingCommerceMobileGadgetsE CommerceSmartphonesQueries Author:Larry Page
“Sergey and I founded Google because we're super optimisitc about the potential for technology to make the world a better place. Think about how many people are underserved by transportation today, like those with disabilities, and how self driving cars will transform their lives. Or the wasted time you sit in your car every day commuting to and from work. Or the deaths and injuries that could be avoided.” PeopleThinkingWorldSelfTodayTechnologyCarDrivingOptimisticInjuryDisabilityGoogleBetter PlaceAvoidedTransportationWasted TimeDriving CarsCommuting Author: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.” WorldMatterHardBigsDifferencesTechnologyFocusBecomingIncreaseExcellenceImprovementMaking A DifferenceExecutionCeoVelocity Author:Larry Page
“The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.” WorldWayGivingLongTechnologyEconomyInternetUltimateIntelligentRight ThingEnginesLong WaySearch Engine Author:Larry Page
“Our mission is to organize the world's information. Clearly, the more information we have when we do a search, the better it's going to work.” WorldTechnologyInformationMissionsOrganizeGoing To Work Author: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.” PeopleWorldEnoughComputerOrganizedStarvingTechie 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
“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.” WorldWantBigsGoalComputerScientistWhat You WantArtificial IntelligenceArtificialWant U Author:Larry Page
“For a lot of companies, it's useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally believe it's better to shoot higher. You don't want to be looking at your competitors. You want to be looking at what's possible and how to make the world better.” WorldWantFeelsBelieveCompanyHigherObviousCompetitors Author:Larry Page