Words matter. These are the best Patrick Pichette Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The surprising question we get is, ‘How many people telecommute at Google?’ And our answer is, ‘As few as possible.’
Every time I can find another engineer to add to the Chrome OS platform, I’m going to hire him.
When you start traveling and thinking from a global perspective, you realize how small the planet is and how predatory we are to its ecology.
I guess you can run from Google, but you definitely can’t hide.
When our kids are asked by their friends about the success of the longevity of our marriage, they simply joke that Tamar and I have spent so little time together that ‘it’s really too early to tell’ if our marriage will, in fact, succeed.
With scale, there always becomes this tension of, how do you keep the start-up philosophy?
Everybody knows: people, operations, and the HR component of Google is one critical strategic asset that we have.
If you live in the digital economy, you have to be careful to have your investment thesis squarely bolted into your reality.
People die at 100 years old now. When I was a kid, people died at 67.
After taking a two-year sabbatical to spend time with my wife and travel the world, I’m excited to join the Twitter Board and help the company advance its mission.
Google is a very responsible company. It’s a generous company, but it’s very frugal in many ways.
When work starts feeling too comfortable, fire yourself; go get another job.
There is an obsessive focus on speed at Google.
I just didn’t want a boss. The minute you’re a CEO, you have a pile of bosses, and you’re working 7/24, and you’re on everyone’s radar all the time.
There is something magical about sharing meals.
People should understand that Google changes every day.
Relative to Google or the kind of turnaround we’re seeing, we do care about profitability. That is our goal in every one of the areas where we invest.
I have made so many friends at Google it’s not funny.
Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.
People think, ‘Well, because you’re at Google, you can work from anywhere.’ Yes, you can work from anywhere, but many just commute to offices… Working from the office is really important.
On mobile, knowing where your friends are at any time is actually a pretty important part of your mobile experience.
In the end, life is wonderful but nonetheless a series of trade offs, especially between business/professional endeavours and family/community.
People see the speed; people see the innovation, the relentless innovation, and that’s what Google is about.
I am a mild introvert. But I have learned to be a very successful extrovert because if you want impact, you have to work with people.
I spend my weekends with my Android phone in an elastic band that has tied to my Android phone my driver’s license and my credit card. That’s how I live. I’m not carrying a wallet anymore. Like, a wallet is a medieval item, right?
