There's a set of people who are intrinsic oppositionists to everything Google does. Eric Schmidt googleintrinsicoppositionist Change image and share on social
The thing that people seem to miss about not just Google, but also our competitors, Yahoo, eBay and so forth, is that there's an awful lot of communities that have never been served by traditional media. Eric Schmidt awfulcommunitycompetitor share on social
If you think about the history of the PC industry, the PC industry has essentially been nothing but acquisitions by one company or another. Dell is the outlier. Dell built its own culture. They automated themselves to be the most efficient manufacturer. Eric Schmidt acquisitionautomatebuild share on social
The core problem is that the world is full of people who would like to take 99 per cent of the information that's on the Internet, and eliminate 1 per cent. Everyone has their own thing they don't like. Eric Schmidt centcoreeliminate share on social
We used to think that the enterprise was the hardest customer to satisfy, but we were wrong. It turns out, consumers are harder than the enterprise because the consumer will not give you a second chance. Eric Schmidt chanceconsumercustomer share on social
One of the unintended negative consequences of online advertising has been the loss of value in traditional classifieds. It's simply quicker, simply easier for an end user who's online, on a broadband connection, to look things up and to figure out what they want to buy. Eric Schmidt advertisebroadbandbuy share on social
A lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, 'Boy, that's interesting. Let's add some more engineers.' Eric Schmidt addboyengineer Change image and share on social
The issues of wireless versus wireline gets very messy. And that's really an FCC issue, not a Google issue. Eric Schmidt fccgoogleissue Change image and share on social
And 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
I think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations. Eric Schmidt arguecorporationimpact Change image and share on social