I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine.

[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages, behaviour, and desires.

At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for 'yes.'

Find a way to delight in all students. Look for the best, expect the best, and find something in each child [you] can treasure.

Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist.

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

Ideas, Mike Jones, an engineer at Google explained, were like babies - everything about their environment said they shouldn't exist. But they do. You can't dwell on problems too early, or they will swamp the virtues and you will decide not to do the project.