Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.

There are a lot of designers who think they understand technology and a lot of technology guys who think they understand design. But to put them together and make it robust and repeatable for the mass market? It's an art.

I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.

Every team member who brings intelligence, experience and passion to their creations should be called an artist or designer.

Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.

It's easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it's hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees.

I'm always doubtful. Everything I do is always doubtful. When you're trying to differentiate, there's going to be this gut sense, is this right? If you're not having doubt, then you're not pushing it hard enough, or you're not looking at the details close enough. You need to be feeling that doubt every single day.