Schmidt Best Quotes

The best thing that would happen is for Facebook to open up its data. Failing that, there are other ways to get that information, — Eric Schmidt

Life is too short to be organized — Kendall Schmidt

I worked under Francis Schmidt, and he was the biggest influence on my coaching career. — Sid Gillman

It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one. — Mike Schmidt

I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and his acting. — Kevin Schmidt

What do we care about? What do we believe? Who do we want to be? How do we want our company to act and make decisions? — Eric Schmidt

We want to make sure the thing you're looking for is on Google 100 percent of the time. — Eric Schmidt

Google dress code was: "You must wear something". — Eric Schmidt

Facial recognition, completely unmonitored, can be used for very bad things. It can be used for stalking, for example. — Eric Schmidt

We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized. — Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Because let me tell you, it was a happy ending. — Gary D. Schmidt

How many years does it take to grow into someone? — Sarah Schmidt

Stop trying to be what society's shoving down your throat. — Kendall Schmidt

I could tell the officer all of this because it was the truth. All of this happened in the house at some stage. Should it matter when it happened? — Sarah Schmidt

It's easy to imagine ways the future can be ugly and depressing. It's harder, but more worthwhile, to imagine plausible ways we can make it better. — Stanley Schmidt

You know, when someone has been crying, something gets left in the air. It's not something you can see or smell, or feel. Or draw. But it's there. — Gary D. Schmidt

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much. — Brian Schmidt

Life is a shit sandwich and every day you take another bite. — Joe Schmidt

Amazon has well passed any expectations of its ability to change distribution and marketing. — Eric Schmidt

One day we ran all the way to Jones Beach, and if Mrs. Sidman hadn't sent a bus after us, I think we would have collapsed on the boardwalk and died. — Gary D. Schmidt

A comedy isn't about being funny ... a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all. — Gary D. Schmidt

To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination. — Benno C. Schmidt Jr.

Every 2 days we create as much information as we did up to 2003. — Eric Schmidt

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

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises. — Stanley Schmidt

Keep in mind, from the outset, that the best way to avoid having to fire underperformers is not to hire them. — Eric Schmidt

Crazy enough to think you will succeed, but sane enough to make it happen. — Eric Schmidt

Hiring decisions are too important to be left in the hands of a manager who may or may not have a stake in the employee's success a year later. — Eric Schmidt

We were both chumps. But you know what? It's not so bad when you're chumps together. — Gary D. Schmidt

Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating. — Brian Schmidt

Indeed in the modern world the word 'love' has been sentimentalized, but the word 'will' has been brutalized. (p. 108) — Larry Schmidt

Ultimately, in the Internet, openness has always won. I cannot imagine that the current competitive environment would reverse that. — Eric Schmidt

Give the wrong people a big challenge, and you'll induce anxiety. But give it to the right people, and you'll induce joy. — Eric Schmidt

Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance. — Stanley Schmidt

I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat. — Hope Davis

It means, Doug Swieteck, that in this class, you are not your brother. — Gary D. Schmidt

Google is very much a not-invented-here, build-it-ourselves culture. — Eric Schmidt

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare. — Helle Thorning-Schmidt

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best. — Eric Schmidt

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something. — Eric Schmidt

If you want better performance from the best, celebrate and reward it — Eric Schmidt

consensus is not about getting everyone to agree. Instead, it's about coming to the best idea for the company and rallying around it. — Eric Schmidt