Too few people in computer science are aware of some of the informational challenges in biology and their implications for the world. We can store an incredible amount of data very cheaply.

It's not enough not to be evil. We also actively try to be good.

As we go forward, I hope we're going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work.

If what we are doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it's probably not transformative enough

We've seen a massive attack on the freedom of the web. Governments are realizing the power of this medium to organize people and they are trying to clamp down across the world, not just in places like China and North Korea; we're seeing bills in the United States, in Italy, all across the world.

The name was supposed to be 'Googol,' which is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. It was before the Google spellchecker existed.

Too many rules will stifle innovation.