I didn't know anything about Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate,…

— Elon Musk

Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding…

— Michael Arrington

There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most…

— Marc Andreessen

Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs. All too…

— Eric Ries

Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist philosopher who celebrated the anguish of decision as a hallmark of responsibility, has no place in Silicon Valley.

— Evgeny Morozov

In Delicious's case, it's a great brand that belongs in Silicon Valley.

— Chad Hurley

Most competition in Silicon Valley now heads toward there being one monopolistic winner.

— Om Malik

Silicon Valley is super competitive and super expensive for talent, for office space, for everything.

— Nathan Blecharczyk

My sense is that we're ready for another industrial revolution in this country. The great minds and innovators of Silicon Valley would come through…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

We need to think about what Silicon Valley can contribute to the country - not just that somehow government bureaucrats should listen to our…

— Ro Khanna

I would say Silicon Valley and New York have inflated salaries.

— Harper Reed

I'm probably the worst Silicon Valley insider ever. I don't hang out with Silicon Valley people.

— Alexis Ohanian

Silicon Valley is like Wall Street in that it will fill and pursue market opportunities to their logical extremes.

— Andrew Yang

Silicon Valley does not breed great technology. Instead, the smartest people from around the world tend to move to Silicon Valley.

— Patrick Collison

Sometimes it feels hard to remember that Silicon Valley is an actual place, a collage of parched suburbs, and not just the collective noun…

— Tatiana Schlossberg