Quotes from Sergey Brin

We came up with the notion that not all web pages are created equal. People are -- but not web pages.

Technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hardware and software, you're able to scale up almost anything. It means that in our lifetime everyone may have tools of equal power.

Google is all about getting the right information to people quickly, easily, cheaply -- and for free. We serve the world -- all countries, at least 100 different languages. It's a powerful service that most people probably couldn't have dreamed of 20 years ago. It's available to the rich, the poor, street children in Cambodia, stock traders on Wall Street -- basically everybody. It's very democratic.

Ultimately you want to have the entire world's knowledge connected directly to your mind.

Some say Google is God. Others say Google is Satan. But if they think Google is too powerful, remember that with search engines unlike other companies, all it takes is a single click to go to another search engine.

We're not trying to replace human intelligence. We're trying to augment it. We're trying to make it better.

It has to be the right idea and have good taste, but the execution and delivery are what's key.

Technology is always going to move forward. It's always going to be changing. It's always going to be disruptive.

We believe that advertising is just another form of information, and consumers should be able to get that information in whatever form they like.

We want Google to be the third half of your brain.

Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.

Having come from a totalitarian country, the Soviet Union, and having seen the hardships that my family endured--both while there and trying to leave--I certainly am particularly sensitive to the stifling of individual liberties.

Whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party.

Any conversation I have about innovation starts with the power of the individual to try something new.

The thing that makes me excited about cryptocurrency is that it is something that is changing the world, and it's changing it in a way that is fundamentally different from what has come before.

The biggest problem in the world is not inequality. It's ignorance. It's the lack of access to education and information.

I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that's what this organization does.

You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.

We wouldn't survive if people didn't trust us.

But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premier academic libraries. Books written after 1923 quickly disappear into a literary black hole.

You do see more people that have been freed up over the last couple of hundred years to do work that is more about thinking about or creating things... and I would hope to see that trend continue.

Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.

I feel there's an existential angst among young people. I didn't have that. They see enormous mountains, where I only saw one little hill to climb.

Generally, health is just so heavily regulated. It's just a painful business to be in. It's just not necessarily how I want to spend my time.