If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach. Larry Page More Quotes by Larry Page More Quotes From Larry Page You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby. Larry Page entrepreneur dream loss Always deliver more than expected. Larry Page young-entrepreneurs marketing business It's very hard to fail completely, if you aim high enough. Larry Page aim-high failing enough If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things. Larry Page wrong-things crazy ifs Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting! Larry Page hard hard-work exciting Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. There is a phrase I learned in college called, 'having a healthy disregard for the impossible.' That is a really good phrase. You should try to do things that most people would not do. Larry Page college silly inspirational It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. ... Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. Larry Page crazy dream inspirational Artificial intelligence would be the ultimate version of Google. The ultimate search engine that would understand everything on the Web. It would understand exactly what you wanted, and it would give you the right thing. We're nowhere near doing that now. However, we can get incrementally closer to that, and that is basically what we work on. Larry Page google would-be giving If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning. Larry Page good-morning motivational inspirational Find the leverage in the world so you can be truly lazy. Larry Page lazy world Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to imagine it and work on it. Larry Page imagine Almost everyone who has had an idea that's somewhat revolutionary or wildly successful was first told they're insane. Larry Page innovation successful ideas We should be building great things that don't exist. Larry Page great-things building should Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future. Larry Page succeed missing thinking Small groups of people can have a really huge impact. Larry Page impact motivation people You treat people with respect, they tend to return the favor to the company. Larry Page favors return people We have always believed that it's possible to make money without being evil. Larry Page making-money money evil You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it. Larry Page inspiration dream morning For a lot of companies, it's useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally believe it's better to shoot higher. You don't want to be looking at your competitors. You want to be looking at what's possible and how to make the world better. Larry Page want believe world You can try to control people, or you can try to have a system that represents reality. I find that knowing what's really happening is more important than trying to control people. Larry Page technology knowing reality
