Quotes from Patrick Pichette

There is something magical about sharing meals.

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.

The surprising question we get is, 'How many people telecommute at Google?' And our answer is, 'As few as possible.'

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.

Every time I can find another engineer to add to the Chrome OS platform, I'm going to hire him.

I spend my weekends with my Android phone in an elastic band that has tied to my Android phone my driver's license and my credit card. That's how I live. I'm not carrying a wallet anymore. Like, a wallet is a medieval item, right?

Humans are animals of habit - they convince themselves they can't change. And that premise is wrong.

Working at Google is a privilege, nothing less.

Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.

We could auto-replenish as you take things out of the fridge. Why not?

With scale, there always becomes this tension of, how do you keep the start-up philosophy?

I just didn't want a boss. The minute you're a CEO, you have a pile of bosses, and you're working 7/24, and you're on everyone's radar all the time.

If you live in the digital economy, you have to be careful to have your investment thesis squarely bolted into your reality.

People should understand that Google changes every day.

Google is a very responsible company. It's a generous company, but it's very frugal in many ways.

I have made so many friends at Google it's not funny.

I guess you can run from Google, but you definitely can't hide.

Google will continue to be the place of choice, and we wanted to signal that very clearly to our employees.

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.

People forget that YouTube is the second-largest search site on the Web. It just tells you the power of how many people live on YouTube.

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.

After taking a two-year sabbatical to spend time with my wife and travel the world, I'm excited to join the Twitter Board and help the company advance its mission.

On mobile, knowing where your friends are at any time is actually a pretty important part of your mobile experience.

If you think of what you do on your mobile and what you do on your PC, they're typically very different, and because they're different, they bring you additional value and additional opportunities.