Eric Schmidt Quotes

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• The characteristic of great innovators and great companies is they see a space that others do not. They don't just listen to what people tell them; they actually invent something new, something that you didn't know you needed, but the moment you see it, you say, 'I must have it.'

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  Space, People, Moments

  "What does a networked future look like?". The Yale Insights Interview, insights.som.yale.edu. May 15, 2013.

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• Do not be afraid to fail, but also, do not be afraid to succeed.

  Eric Schmidt

  Succeed, Failing, Afraid To Fail

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• In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.

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  Important, World, Currency

  "The right ratings system could make worldwide markets more sustainable" by Allen L White, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2014.

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• We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about.

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  Thinking, Privacy, Where You Are

  "What's wrong with tech leaders?" By Norman Matloff, www.cnn.com. July 8, 2014.

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• For 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, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, I'll figure it out.

  Eric Schmidt

  Leadership, Smart, Eye

  "40 Things to Learned From Eric Schmidt Speech at Uc Berkeley". piepeaceblog.wordpress.com. January 02, 2017.

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• I've come to a view that humans will continue to do what we do well, and that computers will continue to do what they do very well, and the two will coexist, but in different spaces.

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  Views, Two, Space

  "What does a networked future look like?". Yale School of Menegement Interview, insights.som.yale.edu. May 15, 2013.

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• Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences.

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  Moving, Technology, Government

  "Group calls for ban on spying technology sales" by Stewart Mitchell, www.alphr.com. May 25, 2011.

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• Success 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 innovation or inspiration, but you can be ready for it, and when you see it, you can jump on it.

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  Success, Inspiration, Opportunity

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• If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

  Eric Schmidt

  Google, Want, Firsts

  "Google CEO On Privacy". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.

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  Humanity, Criminals, Criminal Mind

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• We run the company by questions, not by answers.

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  Running, Asking Questions, Answers

  "Analytics at Google: Great Example of Data-Driven Decision-Making" by Bernard Marr, www.smartdatacollective.com. November 17, 2012.

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• Just remember when you post something, the computers remember forever.

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  Forever, Remember, Computer

  "Colbert Grills Eric Schmidt On Privacy, ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto" By Bianca Bosker, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 22, 2010.

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• I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

  Eric Schmidt

  Believe, Book, Reading

  "Eric Schmidt Tells Charlie Rose Google Is "Unlikely" To Buy Twitter And Wants To Turn Phones Into TVs". Interview with Charlie Rose, techcrunch.com. Mar 7, 2009.

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• There were 5 Exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every 2 days.

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  Data, Civilization, Dawn

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• I used to say that you'll have 10 IP address on your body... and it looks like that's going to happen through medical monitoring.

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  Looks, Body, Addresses

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• Even 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' lives as well... Yes is what keeps us all young. Yes is a tiny word that can do big things. Say it often.

  Eric Schmidt

  Inspirational, Mean, Differences

  "Google’s Eric Schmidt to graduates: 'Find a way to say YES to things'". Eric Schmidt's keynote speech at graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2012 of the University of California at Berkeley, news.berkeley.edu. May 12, 2012.

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• One person's definition of evil is another person's different definition.

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  Evil, Different, Definitions

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• You have to fight for your privacy or you lose it.

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  Fighting, Privacy, Loses

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• The biggest mistake that I made was not anticipating the rise of the social networking phenomenon.

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  Mistake, Networking, Social Network

  "Eric Schmidt's 2014 predictions: big genomics and smartphones everywhere". Bloomberg Interview, www.theguardian.com. December 31, 2013.

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• When companies are growing quickly and they are having a lot of impact, careers take care of themselves.... If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.

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  Impact, Careers, Growing

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• There's been spying for years, there's been surveillance for years, and so forth, I'm not going to pass judgement on that, it's the nature of our society.

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  Years, Judgement, Surveillance

  "Google's Eric Schmidt says government spying is 'the nature of our society'" by Amanda Holpuch, www.theguardian.com. September 13, 2013.

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• It looks like the thing that separates out the capable students from the really successful ones is not so much their knowledge...but their persistence at something.

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  Successful, Persistence, Looks

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• I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.

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  Thinking, People, Google

  "Google CEO Eric Schmidt Advises You Change Your Name To Escape Online Shame". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 17, 2010.

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• If you have a child, you'll notice they have two states: asleep or online.

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  Children, Two, Online

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• I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time.

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  Believe, Privacy, Happens

  "Google and the Search for the Future" by Holman W. Jenkins Jr., www.wsj.com. August 14, 2010.

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