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

- Patrick Pichette

Habit, Themselves, Convince, Premise

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Fact, Tell, About, Little Time

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Rest, Want, One Thing, Engine

Google will continue to be the place of choice, and we wanted to signal that very clearly to our employees.

- Patrick Pichette

Will, Very, Wanted, Signal

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

- Patrick Pichette

Could, Fridge, Take, Why Not

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Wife, Excited, Advance, Two-Year

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

- Patrick Pichette

Digital, Be Careful, Careful, Squarely

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Goal, Kind, Profitability, Turnaround

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?

- Patrick Pichette

Android, Anymore, Weekends, Card

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Work, Very, Learned, I Have Learned

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Beauty, Young, Year, Craziest

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

- Patrick Pichette

Change, World, Going, Change The World

In the end, life is wonderful but nonetheless a series of trade offs, especially between business/professional endeavours and family/community.

- Patrick Pichette

Life, Wonderful, Trade, In The End

It's important that you don't lie to yourself. If you lie to yourself, you end up with burnout.

- Patrick Pichette

Yourself, Lie, Important, Burnout

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Boss, Everyone, Pile, Radar

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Start, Small, Planet, Realize

There is something magical about sharing meals.

- Patrick Pichette

Magical, Something, About, Sharing

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

- Patrick Pichette

Die, Old, Now, 100 Years

Everybody knows: people, operations, and the HR component of Google is one critical strategic asset that we have.

- Patrick Pichette

Everybody, Component, Operations

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

- Patrick Pichette

How, Always, Tension, Philosophy

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Think, Very, Additional, PC

Google is a very responsible company. It's a generous company, but it's very frugal in many ways.

- Patrick Pichette

Very, Ways, Frugal, Generous

There is an obsessive focus on speed at Google.

- Patrick Pichette

Focus, Speed, Google, Obsessive

The surprising question we get is, 'How many people telecommute at Google?' And our answer is, 'As few as possible.'

- Patrick Pichette

Google, Question, Possible, Surprising

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.

- Patrick Pichette

People, YouTube, Many, Site

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.

- Patrick Pichette

Work, Think, Yes, Offices

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

- Patrick Pichette

Hire, Going, Add, Engineer

When work starts feeling too comfortable, fire yourself; go get another job.

- Patrick Pichette

Work, Get, Too, Comfortable

On mobile, knowing where your friends are at any time is actually a pretty important part of your mobile experience.

- Patrick Pichette

Pretty, Mobile, Part, Knowing

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

- Patrick Pichette

Own, Critical, Being, Aspect

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