I spend most of my time assuming the world is not ready for the technology revolution that will be happening to them soon.
Eric SchmidtThe biggest mistake that I made was not anticipating the rise of the social networking phenomenon.
Eric SchmidtI had always assumed that the right way to do it was to these engineers, put them in offices by themselves with doors that they could close so they could think deep thoughts. This is a terrible idea.
Eric SchmidtThere clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.
Eric SchmidtWe didn't see any statistically significant relationship between our buzz and our short-term sales...Is that the end of the story? I would say no. This is one study on a set of brands in a particular company within a certain segment of the consumer-packag ed-goods industry. It is by no means a generalized result that applies to all industries.
Eric Schmidt