“You’re probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm.”

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.

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

I would rather have people think we’re confused than let our competitors know what we’re going to do.

Too many rules stifle innovation.

If your business is static, you’re likely to have issues.

We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool.

Too many rules stifle innovation.

Whatever your goal in life, the beginning is knowledge and experience.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.

I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously.

For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

Now more than ever, we need heroes in our communities!

Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company.