Quotes by Larry Page

“We have a mantra: dont 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.”

“The Star Trek computer doesnt seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that.”

“Basically, our goal is to organize the worlds information and to make it universally accessible and useful.”

“You dont need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

“The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And were a long, long ways from that.”

“If you have a product thats really gaining a lot of usage, then its probably a good idea.”

“We dont have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.”

“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.”

“The dream as conceived 25 years ago has not been achieved. Until software becomes the ultimate tool for collaboration, productivity, and efficiency, the work is not done. And theres nothing more fun than doing that work.”

“We are excited about Internet access in general. With better access to the Internet, people do more searches,”

My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel theyre having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, were doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.

Always deliver more than expected.

Many leaders of big organizations, I think, dont believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, youre likely to have issues.

I think 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. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.

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.

If youre changing the world, youre working on important things. Youre excited to get up in the morning.

You know what its like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you dont have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes its important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.

If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.

Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.

If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, thats not going to promote healthiness.