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title: "1 Satisfaction Want Quotes By David Ulevitch"
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> [When people ask me, 'Are you happy?' I respond with, 'You've asked the wrong question.' There is a deep kind of satisfaction you get from building a company. This kind of satisfaction transcends happy, sad, hard, or easy. I seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/when-people-ask-me-are-you-happy-i-respond-with-you-ve-asked-the/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

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## More by David Ulevitch

> [I think anything which promotes heterogeneity on the Internet promotes stability. Diversity in services, service providers, and separating the layers of the networking stack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/i-think-anything-which-promotes-heterogeneity-on-the-internet/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [I've always enjoyed real work more than schoolwork. My mother will attest to that - she was always concerned about me academically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/i-ve-always-enjoyed-real-work-more-than-schoolwork-my-mother-will/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [My mother still sends a cake to the office for my birthday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/my-mother-still-sends-a-cake-to-the-office-for-my-birthday/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [With DNS, it's possible to control key components of Internet navigation. Google already controls search, they are quickly gaining market share to control the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/with-dns-it-s-possible-to-control-key-components-of-internet/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [If people use Chrome, we make less money on our service and that's fine by us because that is fair competition. I wouldn't put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/if-people-use-chrome-we-make-less-money-on-our-service-and-that-s/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [When people ask me, 'Are you happy?' I respond with, 'You've asked the wrong question.' There is a deep kind of satisfaction you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/when-people-ask-me-are-you-happy-i-respond-with-you-ve-asked-the/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/google-has-helped-raise-the-importance-of-dns-above-the-network/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [People often ask whether I consider myself successful. I don't yet, because there's so much more I want to accomplish. I put more pressure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/people-often-ask-whether-i-consider-myself-successful-i-don-t-yet/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [I grew up in Del Mar, Calif., north of San Diego. I got my first job the summer after eighth grade at a small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/i-grew-up-in-del-mar-calif-north-of-san-diego-i-got-my-first-job-the/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [One of my bosses happened to be one of the early architects of some of the ways Internet providers work. He taught me how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/one-of-my-bosses-happened-to-be-one-of-the-early-architects-of-some/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [Occasionally, I make waffles for breakfast for any employee who wants to talk to me. I make them around 8 A.M. as an incentive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/occasionally-i-make-waffles-for-breakfast-for-any-employee-who-wants/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [DNS is kind of the hamster under the hood that drives the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/dns-is-kind-of-the-hamster-under-the-hood-that-drives-the-internet/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/running-a-successful-growing-company-in-silicon-valley-can-create-an/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [There's only one thing that regularly keeps me up at night. Working with the greatest people in the world and knowing that they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/there-s-only-one-thing-that-regularly-keeps-me-up-at-night-working/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

> [Maybe it's whiner's fatigue, but I'm getting tired of hearing about how hard it is to start a company and be a CEO. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/maybe-it-s-whiner-s-fatigue-but-i-m-getting-tired-of-hearing-about/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

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