PATRICK PICHETTE

People forget that YouTube is the second-largest search site on the Web. It just tells you the power of how many people live on YouTube.

I am a mild introvert. But I have learned to be a very successful extrovert because if you want impact, you have to work with people.

I just didn't want a boss. The minute you're a CEO, you have a pile of bosses, and you're working 7/24, and you're on everyone's radar all the time.

When you start traveling and thinking from a global perspective, you realize how small the planet is and how predatory we are to its ecology.

If you think of what you do on your mobile and what you do on your PC, they're typically very different, and because they're different, they bring you additional value and additional opportunities.

I spend my weekends with my Android phone in an elastic band that has tied to my Android phone my driver's license and my credit card. That's how I live. I'm not carrying a wallet anymore. Like, a wallet is a medieval item, right?

With scale, there always becomes this tension of, how do you keep the start-up philosophy?

Working at Google is a privilege, nothing less.

Once you have children, you're basically hunkered down until at least late high school.

If you live in the digital economy, you have to be careful to have your investment thesis squarely bolted into your reality.

There is an obsessive focus on speed at Google.

Humans are animals of habit - they convince themselves they can't change. And that premise is wrong.

The vast majority of young people I meet would benefit so much from a year off. You should just go waste a year in exploring the beauty of the world and trying the craziest experiences you can.

Every time I can find another engineer to add to the Chrome OS platform, I'm going to hire him.

We could auto-replenish as you take things out of the fridge. Why not?

Relative to Google or the kind of turnaround we're seeing, we do care about profitability. That is our goal in every one of the areas where we invest.

When our kids are asked by their friends about the success of the longevity of our marriage, they simply joke that Tamar and I have spent so little time together that 'it's really too early to tell' if our marriage will, in fact, succeed.

People think, 'Well, because you're at Google, you can work from anywhere.' Yes, you can work from anywhere, but many just commute to offices... Working from the office is really important.

People die at 100 years old now. When I was a kid, people died at 67.

If you're on Earth as a single-purpose engine, and there's only one thing you want to do for the rest of your life, have at it.

After taking a two-year sabbatical to spend time with my wife and travel the world, I'm excited to join the Twitter Board and help the company advance its mission.

We all know that mobile's going to change the world.

I have made so many friends at Google it's not funny.

Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.

I guess you can run from Google, but you definitely can't hide.