Larry Page

Computer Science, Business American 1973 264 quotes

Co-founder of Google and co-creator of the PageRank algorithm.

Quotes by Larry Page

We're still just scratching the surface of what's possible with AI.

Later statements as Google evolved

We want to make sure that our products are useful and helpful to people.

Various interviews

Good ideas are always crazy until they're not.

Various Interviews

The ultimate search engine would understand everything in the world. It would understand everything that you asked it and give you back the exact right thing instantly.

Interview with 'Playboy' 2004

We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.

Interview with 'Playboy' 2004

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

Interview with 'Playboy' 2004

You want to have a culture where people are comfortable taking risks and willing to fail.

Various Interviews

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.

TED Talk 2014

Technology should do the hard work so that people can get on with the things that make them the happiest in life.

Google I/O

We're not going to succeed by being the same as everyone else.

Various Interviews

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.

TED Talk 2013

You need to be a bit uncomfortable to stay relevant.

Various Interviews

We have a mantra: don't be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone.

Interview with 'Playboy' 2004

Part of our job is to invent new things that no one has ever imagined.

Various Interviews

The idea was to create the first modern search engine. We wanted to build something that scaled to the whole web.

University of Michigan Commencement 2009

I think it's possible for ordinary people to choose to be great.

University of Michigan Commencement 2009

You don't need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.

University of Michigan Commencement 2009

Most companies decay slowly over time. They do a little bit worse each year. You have to fight against that.

Various Interviews

I worry that something is missing. Something we should be doing that we're not. What is the Google of the future? What is the next big thing?

Various Interviews

We're still in the first minutes of the first day of the internet revolution.

Various Interviews