“Technology should do the hard work so people can do the things that make them the happiest in life.”

Find the leverage in the world so you can be truly lazy.

I like to ask a lot of questions to my employees, to learn about what they do and how they do.

Deep knowledge from your manager goes a long way toward motivating you. And I have a pretty good capability for that.

Serving our end users is at the heart of what we do and remains our number one priority.

If you have a product that’s really gaining a lot of usage, then it’s probably a good idea.

Being negative is not how we make progress, and the most important things are not zero sum.

Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that’s somewhat correct.

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.

You can be serious without a suit.

There are basically no companies that have good slow decisions. There are only companies that have good fast decisions.

We have always believed that it’s possible to make money without being evil.

Always deliver more than expected.

Sergey and I founded Google because we’re super optimistic about the potential for technology to make the world a better place.

You treat people with respect, they tend to return the favor to the company.

The best people want to work the big challenges.

I can’t really comment on rumors.

There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.

Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.

Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.

One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.

A well-managed factory is boring. Nothing exciting happens in it because the crises have been anticipated and have been converted into routine.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it.