Silicon Valley Quotes

• Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.

  Reid Hoffman

  Location, Valleys, Mindset

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• China is to stock fraud as Silicon Valley is to technology.

  Muddy Waters

  Technology, Valleys, China

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• I would say probably Pirates of Silicon Valley just because I'm proud of the work, playing Gates.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  Pirate, Valleys, Proud

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• Israel is the second Silicon Valley, and it is therefore the only other place we have chosen to expand our activities.

  Michael Moritz

  Israel, Valleys, Economy

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• I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the world is completely disproportionate to its size. We are the undisputed leaders of technological change. But with our abundance of talent and resources, we also have the opportunity to be the pioneers of social change and, ultimately, this may be our greatest contribution.

  Jeffrey Skoll

  Business, Believe, Technology

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• ...Something we once loved, and love now, in the shape of a book. Maybe eBooks are going to take over, one day, but not until those whizzkids in Silicon Valley invent a way to bend the corners, fold the spine, yellow the pages, add a coffee ring or two and allow the plastic tablet to fall open at a favorite page.

  Russell T Davies

  Coffee, Book, Fall

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• The global triumph of American technology has been predicated on the implicit separation between the business interests of Silicon Valley and the political interests of Washington.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Technology, Political, Triumph

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• The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet freedom.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Home, Government, Doors

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• Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist philosopher who celebrated the anguish of decision as a hallmark of responsibility, has no place in Silicon Valley.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Responsibility, Decision, Valleys

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• So a more sensible thing it seemed to me was to go to Silicon Valley and be pushing on the technology companies to accelerate the use of audio and music in computers.

  Thomas Dolby

  Technology, Valleys, Use

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• Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman whose impact on technology was felt beyond Silicon Valley. He will be remembered for the innovation he brought to market and the inspiration he brought to the world.

  Meg Whitman

  Change, Jobs, Inspiration

  FaceBook post by Meg Whitman from Oct 06, 2011

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• If I were starting now I would do things very differently. I didn't know anything. In Silicon Valley, you get this feeling that you have to be out here. But it's not the only place to be. If I were starting now, I would have stayed in Boston. [Silicon Valley] is a little short-term focused and that bothers me.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Boston, Feelings, Valleys

  "Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston" by Leena Rao, techcrunch.com. October 30, 2011.

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• Half of Silicon Valley's got a little bit of autism.

  Temple Grandin

  Autism, Valleys, Half

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• If you think about companies that were built in Silicon Valley, a lot of them early on were chip companies. And now the companies that are there, like Apple, are much more successful than any of the chip companies were.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Successful, Thinking, Apples

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• We use technology to make it cheaper, better, and faster for the client. And then if you have the most flow, you can win. Now, having said that, Silicon Valley wants to take on this business. They think they see an opening.

  Jamie Dimon

  Winning, Technology, Thinking

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• When I grew up, I simply didn't have mentors that said, "Science is important. Science helps you build a country. Science makes a country powerful." And that's such a simple thought, but when you think about what's powered Taiwan and Korea and Silicon Valley and Cambridge.

  Juan Enriquez

  Country, Powerful, Simple

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Labor-rich manufacturing doesn't exist anymore. Manufacturing jobs are white-collar, Silicon Valley programmers or highly-skilled technicians. They are not going to employ lots of people.

  David Brooks

  Jobs, White, People

  "Brooks and Dionne on the GOP's dilemma and the role of 'common decency' in the campaign". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. August 12, 2016.

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• Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative.

  Noam Chomsky

  Government, Facts, Valleys

  Interview with Jegan Vincent de Paul, chomsky.info. August 15, 2012.

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• These big Silicon Valley companies that are popping up are projecting growth skyrocketing in a few years. So they need a space they can grow into. Not so much in New York. Super conservative, super small.

  James Pearse Connelly

  New York, Years, Space

  "What goes into designing The Biggest Loser's sets, stages, and chill rooms?". Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. June 27, 2016.

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• When it’s too easy to get money, then you get a lot of noise mixed in with the real innovation and entrepreneurship. Tough times bring out the best parts of Silicon Valley.

  Sergey Brin

  Real, Tough Times, Innovation

  "Google's Schmidt, Page and Brin Hold Court at Zeitgeist". Interview with Jessica Guynn, latimesblogs.latimes.com. September 17, 2008.

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• If China's expansion into Africa and Russia's into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley's ability to expand globally will be severely limited, if only because Beijing and Moscow have no qualms about blending politics and business.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Latin, Qualms About, America

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• I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the information infrastructure through which we consume information.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Running, Thinking, Government

  "Op-Ed: There's An App For Everything, And That's A Problem". Interview with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 4, 2013.

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• I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company.

  Elon Musk

  Moving, Hard Work, Technology

  "Master Of Creative Disruption". Interview with Logan Ward, www.popularmechanics.co.za. December 1, 2012.

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• Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.

  Elon Musk

  Technology, People, Valleys

  "TOPICS > SCIENCE Extended Interview: Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk". Interview with Spencer Michels, www.pbs.org. June 25, 2008.

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• I'm a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

  Elon Musk

  Thinking, People, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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