Washington is an incumbent protection machine. Technology is fundamentally disruptive. Eric Schmidt disruptivefundamentallyincumbent Change image and share on social
I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time. Eric Schmidt knowablerecordsociety Change image and share on social
We weren't here to hope and hang on. We wanted to win. Eric Schmidt hanghopewant Change image and share on social
Google is more than a business. Google is a belief system. And we believe passionately in the open Internet model. Eric Schmidt beliefbusinessgoogle Change image and share on social
Half of Google's revenue comes from selling text-based ads that are placed near search results and are related to the topic of the search. Another half of its revenues come from licensing its search technology to companies like Yahoo. Eric Schmidt basecompanygoogle share on social
I think to some degree one of the strengths of the high tech industry is that people are actually willing to tell you things. When I went to Novell, I didn't know how to be a CEO, so I went in and I called all sorts of CEOs I knew. I called in a favor. I wanted to come by and listen to them tell me what it's like to be a CEO. Eric Schmidt callceodegree share on social
The more broadband we can get globally, the better. It's better for the world; it's better for our advertisers; it's better for Google. Eric Schmidt advertiserbroadbandglobally Change image and share on social
Silicon Valley's involvement with Washington dates from one event, which was John Scully - who was the CEO of Apple - had dinner with President Clinton and Vice President Gore in 1993. And we're all going, like, 'What's going on? Why would we have dinner with the president?' Eric Schmidt appleceoclinton share on social
Washington - having spent a lot of time there, I grew up there and have spent a lot of time there recently - is largely defined by detailed analytical views and policy choices that are not very good. You know, each policy choice has a winner and a loser, right? Somebody's ox is getting gored. Eric Schmidt analyticchoicedefine share on social
I think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations. Eric Schmidt arguecorporationimpact Change image and share on social