Larry Page

Computer Science, Business American 1973 264 quotes

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

Quotes by Larry Page

Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.

TED Talk 2013

The goal is to enable humans to better use their time and to be more productive.

Various Interviews

We're trying to build a future where you don't have to be a search engine whiz to find what you need.

Various Interviews

You have to be a little bit of a revolutionary to do something really big.

Various Interviews

I like to work on things that haven't been done before, things that are new and innovative.

Various Interviews

If you're looking for the next big thing, and you're looking where everyone else is, you're looking in the wrong place.

Various Interviews

We're not really interested in running a company. We're interested in changing the world.

Various Interviews

The dream is to have a computer that can understand what you want and give you exactly what you need.

Various Interviews

I think it's important that we don't become a conventional company.

Interview with 'Playboy' 2004

We run this company on questions, not answers.

Various Interviews

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.

Google Press Event 2011

I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society, the effect on people, without having to deploy it into the normal world.

TED Talk 2015

The only way to succeed is to have a product that is really, really good.

Various Interviews

We're not afraid to try things that might seem a little strange or unusual.

Various Interviews

Our job is to take these 10 percent of ideas that are really good and make them happen.

Various Interviews

I've always been very interested in the future and what we can do to create a better future.

Various Interviews

You need to innovate in how you share things and how you communicate as well as in what you're doing.

Various Interviews

I think it's natural for people to want to work on things that they think will have a big impact on the world.

Various Interviews

We're in this incredible moment where we can have a huge positive impact on society, but only if we're thoughtful and ethical about it.

Various Interviews

If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.

Attributed/Reid Hoffman, often associated with Silicon Valley ethos