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
Even though Google may do very well, there will always be an alternative to what Google is doing, and people will always have the free choice... because there's no way for us to prevent them from exercising that choice. That is one of the key aspects of why the Internet has been so successful. No technologies can dominate. Eric Schmidt alternativeaspectchoice 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
Amazon has well passed any expectations of its ability to change distribution and marketing. Eric Schmidt abilityamazonchange Change image and share on social
The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had. Eric Schmidt anarchybuildexperiment Change image and share on social
I think it's pretty clear that the Internet as a whole has not had a strong notion of identity. And identity means, 'Who am I?' Fundamentally, what Facebook has done has built a way to figure out who people are. Eric Schmidt buildclearfacebook share on social
When the Internet publicity began, I remember being struck by how much the world was not the way we thought it was, that there was infinite variation in how people viewed the world. Eric Schmidt begininfiniteinternet 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
People are surprised to find out that an awful lot of people think that they're idiots. Eric Schmidt awfulfindidiot Change image and share on social