When our kids are asked by their friends about the success of the longevity of our marriage, they simply joke that Tamar and I have spent so little time together that 'it's really too early to tell' if our marriage will, in fact, succeed. Patrick Pichette More Quotes by Patrick Pichette More Quotes From Patrick Pichette Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life. Patrick Pichette goodyoulifebelieve It's important that you don't lie to yourself. If you lie to yourself, you end up with burnout. Patrick Pichette lieendyourselfyou The vast majority of young people I meet would benefit so much from a year off. You should just go waste a year in exploring the beauty of the world and trying the craziest experiences you can. Patrick Pichette youbeautypeopleworld When you start traveling and thinking from a global perspective, you realize how small the planet is and how predatory we are to its ecology. Patrick Pichette startyouperspectivethinking I am a mild introvert. But I have learned to be a very successful extrovert because if you want impact, you have to work with people. Patrick Pichette i-amyouworkpeople The surprising question we get is, 'How many people telecommute at Google?' And our answer is, 'As few as possible.' Patrick Pichette questionanswerpossiblepeople People think, 'Well, because you're at Google, you can work from anywhere.' Yes, you can work from anywhere, but many just commute to offices... Working from the office is really important. Patrick Pichette thinkyouworkpeople There is something magical about sharing meals. Patrick Pichette magicalsharingaboutsomething It makes no sense to make people drive cars. Patrick Pichette no-sensesensedrivepeople We could auto-replenish as you take things out of the fridge. Why not? Patrick Pichette whythingsyouwhy-not Google is a very responsible company. It's a generous company, but it's very frugal in many ways. Patrick Pichette verygooglecompanyresponsible People should understand that Google changes every day. Patrick Pichette every-daydayunderstandpeople There is an obsessive focus on speed at Google. Patrick Pichette obsessivegooglespeedfocus With scale, there always becomes this tension of, how do you keep the start-up philosophy? Patrick Pichette youalwaystensionphilosophy Google will continue to be the place of choice, and we wanted to signal that very clearly to our employees. Patrick Pichette employeeswillplacechoice Relative to Google or the kind of turnaround we're seeing, we do care about profitability. That is our goal in every one of the areas where we invest. Patrick Pichette aboutgoogleseeingcare Every time I can find another engineer to add to the Chrome OS platform, I'm going to hire him. Patrick Pichette engineerfindi-cantime I guess you can run from Google, but you definitely can't hide. Patrick Pichette hiderunyougoogle Humans are animals of habit - they convince themselves they can't change. And that premise is wrong. Patrick Pichette animalswronghabitchange Once you have children, you're basically hunkered down until at least late high school. Patrick Pichette downyouchildrenschool
