David Drummond Quotes

We have asked the government to start some discussions with us about how we can operate an unfiltered search engine in China, and failing that, we will have to shut it down, but - or do something else.

- David Drummond

I think we compete with lots of different players in different areas. So clearly, in our core business, which is search, Microsoft and Yahoo! are the big players, and they continue to compete. There are a lot of smaller search engines as well.

- David Drummond

Uber is a phenomenal company.

- David Drummond

Most hacking incidents that you see are freelancers - maybe government sponsored, maybe not. They are out there trying to steal intellectual property, make some money. Or they might just be hackers who want to damage something for whatever reason. That's a fact of life that internet companies deal with all the time.

- David Drummond

I think Google has got lots of great people who are really committed to doing good things for the world, and I think there are a lot of people who realize that. But, as we've been successful and we have a lot of responsibility on us to do this mission, we do take a lot of criticism, some of it well founded.

- David Drummond

Google is intending to compete with Uber in the ridesharing space.

- David Drummond

GV remains an enthusiastic investor, and Google will continue to partner with Uber.

- David Drummond

The relationship between the HBCUs and the auto makers is historically really important.

- David Drummond

People said, 'MySpace is going to rule and dominate all Internet; all young people will live on MySpace.' Well, along comes Facebook. And, obviously, all the innovation that Apple is doing.

- David Drummond