Sergey Brin Quotes
We are currently not planning on conquering the world.
Brin, Sergey. Quoted in Vise, David A., and Mark Malseed. The Google Story. Bantam Dell, 2005.
He didn’t quite conquer the whole world, but he did control most of it. One substantial difference between him and others, is that the Mongols were not interested in managing an Empire, All they wanted was an annual payment of tribute, and if that were forthcoming, the left the conquered cities and kingdoms to their own management and governance.
Patton was a great fighting general, but a disaster at civilian and public relations. At a time when the American and British governments were arguing that their involvement in world war two was for the benefit and protection of mankind, Patton made public statements like this one.
There were many Americans and Mexicans who believed that the conquest of all of Mexico was well under way, our having earlier obtained Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, California, and Arizona.
Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. Together with Larry Page, he co-founded Google. Brin was the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role on December 3, 2019. He and Page remain at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, board members, and employees. As of April 2021, Brin is the 8th-richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$100.2 billion.
