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
I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something. Eric Schmidt booklearnread 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
I think of Google as a set of overlapping things. It's a consumer platform, consumer phenomenon of which search is its fundamental activity, but there are many other things you can do than search... I think of Google as an advertising company who services the broader advertising industry in the ways that you know. Eric Schmidt activityadvertisebroad share on social
In whatever number of years I have on Earth, I think that promoting the values of free expression, the openness of the Internet, that's the best use of my time. Eric Schmidt earthexpressionfree Change image and share on social
Remember, when you go to YouTube, you do a search. When you go to Google, you do a search. As we get the search integrated between YouTube and Google, which we're working on, it will drive a lot of traffic into both places. So the trick, overall, is generating more searches, more uses of Google. Eric Schmidt drivegenerategoogle share on social
I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next. Eric Schmidt answergooglepeople Change image and share on social
People assume that computers will do everything that humans do. Not good. People are different from each other and they are all really different from computers. Eric Schmidt assumecomputergood Change image and share on social
We want to make sure the thing you're looking for is on Google 100 percent of the time. Eric Schmidt googlemakepercent Change image and share on social
Google is very much a not-invented-here, build-it-ourselves culture. Eric Schmidt buildculturegoogle Change image and share on social