Eric SchmidtPeople who bet against the Internet, who think that somehow this change is just a generational shift, miss that it is a fundamental reorganizing of the power of the end user. The … ▶373HumanityPoliticsThought
Eric SchmidtIf you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. ✨ Google CEO On Privacy. www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010… ▶362Thought
Eric SchmidtThe solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything. ✨ Google's Eric Schmidt: 'the solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything'.… ▶351PoliticsSadness
Eric SchmidtTechnology is always evolving, and companies.. not just search companies.. can't be afraid to take advantage of change.354Humanity
Eric SchmidtWe don't have a traditional strategy process, planning process like you'd find in traditional technical companies. It allows Google to innovate very, very quickly, which I think i… ▶344Thought
Eric SchmidtThe funny thing about advertising is that it's not a zero-sum game... Historically, in the digital ad world, pie has gotten larger and it's possible for everyone to win, and it's … ▶366HumorTimeTruth
Eric SchmidtYou have to fight for your privacy or you lose it.322Philosophy
Eric SchmidtIn a world where everything is remembered and everything is kept forever, you need to live for the future and things you really care about.313HopeTime
Eric SchmidtTo me, what you want to do is find a way to let this play out between the virtual world and the physical world...Ultimately, I think society will get there. It will be messy, but … ▶357HumanityThought
Eric SchmidtPeople are surprised to find out that an awful lot of people think that they're idiots. ✨ Google Chief: My Fears For Generation Facebook by • Jerome Taylor, www.indepen… ▶324HumanityReadingThought
Eric SchmidtWe know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about. ✨ What's wrong with tech leaders? By Norman Matloff, www.cnn.com.… ▶324Thought
Eric SchmidtSearch companies, which I won't mention by name, tried to do so many things at the same time, they forgot all about search. They either missed the next revolution of search or the… ▶379Time
Eric SchmidtSuccess is really about being ready for the good opportunities that come before you. It's not to have a detailed plan of everything that you're going to do. You can't plan innovat… ▶281Reading
Eric SchmidtThe adult way to run a business is to run it more like a country. They have disputes, yet they've actually been able to have huge trade with each other. They're not sending bombs … ▶336Reading
Eric SchmidtIt's very difficult for governments to dominate the Internet because it's so difficult to control. People want to be free. People want to hear multiple voices. They want to make t… ▶292HumanityPolitics
Eric SchmidtA lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, 'Boy, that's interesting. Let's add some more… ▶303Thought
Eric SchmidtFind a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learning a new language, picking up a new sport. Yes is how you g… ▶303Life
Eric SchmidtEven if is a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new, and make a difference in your life, and likely in others'… ▶337Life
Eric SchmidtIn general in technology, if you own a platform that's valuable, you can monetize it.337Politics
Eric SchmidtWe want to make sure the thing you're looking for is on Google 100 percent of the time. ✨ Three minutes with Google's Eric Schmidt. Interview with Tom Spring, www.cnn.c… ▶261Time
Eric SchmidtI don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time. ✨ Google and the Search for the Future by Holm… ▶272HopeHumanityTime
Eric SchmidtFor those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, h… ▶262Thought
Eric SchmidtWe run the company by questions, not by answers. ✨ Analytics at Google: Great Example of Data-Driven Decision-Making by Bernard Marr, www.smartdatacollective.com. November 1… ▶306Humor
Eric SchmidtI think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations.262PoliticsThought
Eric SchmidtWhen the Internet publicity began, I remember being struck by how much the world was not the way we thought it was, that there was infinite variation in how people viewed the worl… ▶273HumanityThought
Eric SchmidtPeople are good at intuition, living our lives. What are computers good at? Memory.329HumanityLife
Eric SchmidtI believe that this notion of self-publishing, which is what Blogger and blogging are really about, is the next big wave of human communication. The last big wave was Web activity… ▶252HumanityTime
Eric SchmidtBrands are the solution, not the problem. Brands are how you sort out the cesspool. ... Brand affinity is clearly hard wired. It is so fundamental to human existence that it's not… ▶263HumanityLife
Eric SchmidtWithin search results, information tied to verified online profiles will be ranked higher than content without such verification, which will result in most users naturally clickin… ▶285Truth
Eric SchmidtWashington is an incumbent protection machine. Technology is fundamentally disruptive.253Thought
