“Tough times bring out the best parts of Silicon Valley.”

We do lots of Stuff. The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failures first.

When it’s too easy to get money, then you get a lot of noise mixed in with the real innovation and entrepreneurship.

When I was growing up, I always knew I’d be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence.

Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.

I feel there’s an existential angst among young people. I didn’t have that. They see enormous mountains, where I only saw one little hill to climb.

Any conversation I have about innovation starts with the ultimate goal.

If you’re not doing things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things.

I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that’s what this organization does.

You can make money doing evil.

We believed we could build a better search. We had a simple idea that not all pages are created equal. Some are more important.

If I were seriously interested in something important to me, I wouldn’t just click on the first search result, read it and take it as God’s word.

The revolution in deep nets has been very profound. It definitely surprised me, even though I was sitting right there.

We just want to have great people working for us.

It’s very hard to fail completely if you aim high enough.

Ultimately you want to have the entire world’s knowledge connected directly to your mind.

You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby.

These times are so hard, and they’re getting even harder.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

If not now then when, if not me then who?

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.

It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.

If you keep a clear vision for your future, it will pull you like a magnet through your toughest times.

Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?