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title: "7 Privacy Quotes By Eric Schmidt"
description: "7 Privacy quotes by Eric Schmidt. Plus more from Eric Schmidt and more Privacy sayings from other authors."
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> [I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/i-actually-think-most-people-don-t-want-google-to-answer-their/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

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> [We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about;](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/we-know-where-you-are-we-know-where-you-ve-been-we-can-more-or-less/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

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> [There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/there-clearly-are-cases-where-evil-people-exist-but-you-don-t-have-to/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/eric-schmidt-2408_america_there-clearly-are-cases-where-evil-peopl_1055984.png)

> [I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/i-don-t-believe-society-understands-what-happens-when-everything-is/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/eric-schmidt-2408_available_i-don-t-believe-society-understands-what_1214052.png)

> [If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/if-you-have-something-that-you-don-t-want-anyone-to-know-maybe-you/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

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> [Show us 14 photos of yourself and we can identify who you are;](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/show-us-14-photos-of-yourself-and-we-can-identify-who-you-are/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

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> [You have to fight for your privacy or you lose it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/you-have-to-fight-for-your-privacy-or-you-lose-it/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

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## Other authors on Privacy

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-snowden-31935.jpg) Edward Snowden 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/edward-snowden/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-glenn-greenwald-38815.jpg) Glenn Greenwald 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/glenn-greenwald/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/barack-obama/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-o-douglas-95752.jpg) William O. Douglas 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/william-o-douglas/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tim-cook-90852.jpg) Tim Cook 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/tim-cook/)
- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/ralph-waldo-emerson/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/henry-david-thoreau/)
- [Bruce Schneier 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/bruce-schneier/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barton-gellman-16594.jpg) Barton Gellman 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/barton-gellman/)
- [Adam Cohen 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/adam-cohen/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nick-harkaway-71132.jpg) Nick Harkaway 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/nick-harkaway/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-comey-46188.jpg) James Comey 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/privacy/james-comey/)

## More by Eric Schmidt

> [“When companies get big, they devote most of their care and feeding to the business that got them big. This is as it should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/when-companies-get-big-they-devote-most-of-their-care-and-feeding-to/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [I had always assumed that the right way to do it was to these engineers, put them in offices by themselves with doors that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/i-had-always-assumed-that-the-right-way-to-do-it-was-to-these/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/the-coach-doesn-t-have-to-play-the-sport-as-well-as-you-do-they-have/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/a-mind-set-in-its-ways-is-wasted-don-t-do-it/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [Just remember when you post something, the computers remember forever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/just-remember-when-you-post-something-the-computers-remember-forever/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [I worry that the level of interrupt, the sort of overwhelming rapidity of information — and especially of stressful information — is in fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/i-worry-that-the-level-of-interrupt-the-sort-of-overwhelming-rapidity/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [The funny thing about advertising is that it's not a zero-sum game... Historically, in the digital ad world, pie has gotten larger and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/the-funny-thing-about-advertising-is-that-it-s-not-a-zero-sum-game/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [There's been spying for years, there's been surveillance for years, and so forth, I'm not going to pass judgement on that, it's the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/there-s-been-spying-for-years-there-s-been-surveillance-for-years-and/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [In general in technology, if you own a platform that's valuable, you can monetize it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/in-general-in-technology-if-you-own-a-platform-that-s-valuable-you/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [Android is ahead of the iPhone now,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/android-is-ahead-of-the-iphone-now/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/for-those-who-say-you-re-thinking-too-big-be-smart-enough-not-to/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [Find a way to say yes to things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/find-a-way-to-say-yes-to-things/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/i-actually-think-most-people-don-t-want-google-to-answer-their/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [We run the company by questions, not by answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/we-run-the-company-by-questions-not-by-answers/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

> [We don't have a traditional strategy process, planning process like you'd find in traditional technical companies. It allows Google to innovate very, very quickly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schmidt/we-don-t-have-a-traditional-strategy-process-planning-process-like/)

[Eric Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schmidt/)

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