--- title: "4 Blake Ross Quotes - Famous Computer scientist (Firefox for Dummies)" description: "Blake Aaron Ross is an American software engineer who is best known for his work as the co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox web browser with Dave Hyatt." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b195/author-blake-ross-65994.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Blake Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b195/author-blake-ross-65994.jpg) # Blake Ross (1985) Computer Scientist **4** quotes in **34** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Blake Ross is a computer scientist, best known for *Firefox for Dummies*. ## Quick Facts About Blake Ross Born June 12, 1985 Profession Computer Scientist Notable works Firefox for Dummies ## About Blake Ross Blake Aaron Ross is an American software engineer who is best known for his work as the co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox web browser with Dave Hyatt. In 2005, he was nominated for Wired magazine's top Rave Award, Renegade of the Year, opposite Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Jon Stewart. He was also a part of Rolling Stone magazine's 2005 hot list. From 2007, he worked for Facebook as Director of Product until resigning in early 2013. ## Quotes by Blake Ross > [I'm a firm believer in shades of gray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-ross/i-m-a-firm-believer-in-shades-of-gray/) Blake Ross [Believer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/blake-ross-65994_believer_i-m-a-firm-believer-in-shades-of-gray-22_227248.png) > [The next big thing is the one that makes the last big thing usable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-ross/the-next-big-thing-is-the-one-that-makes-the-last-big-thing-usable/) Blake Ross [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/blake-ross-65994_big-thing_the-next-big-thing-is-the-one-that-makes_751569.png) > [We weren’t trying to strike it rich with Firefox. It’s open source and it’s free. We weren’t trying to take over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-ross/we-weren-t-trying-to-strike-it-rich-with-firefox-it-s-open-source-and/) Blake Ross [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/blake-ross-65994_capitalist_we-weren-t-trying-to-strike-it-rich-with_1149947.png) > [“Now we realize that time is our most valuable resource, and every minute we spend in one of these meetings just sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-ross/now-we-realize-that-time-is-our-most-valuable-resource-and-every/) Blake Ross [Time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/blake-ross-65994_time_now-we-realize-that-time-is-our-most-val_2418323.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-ross/#itemlist", "name": "Blake Ross Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a firm believer in shades of gray.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blake Ross" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-ross/i-m-a-firm-believer-in-shades-of-gray/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/blake-ross-65994_believer_i-m-a-firm-believer-in-shades-of-gray-22_227248.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/blake-ross-65994_believer_i-m-a-firm-believer-in-shades-of-gray-22_227248.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/blake-ross-65994_believer_i-m-a-firm-believer-in-shades-of-gray-22_227248.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a firm believer in shades of gray.” — Blake Ross", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The next big thing is the one that makes the last big thing usable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blake Ross" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-ross/the-next-big-thing-is-the-one-that-makes-the-last-big-thing-usable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/blake-ross-65994_big-thing_the-next-big-thing-is-the-one-that-makes_751569.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/blake-ross-65994_big-thing_the-next-big-thing-is-the-one-that-makes_751569.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/blake-ross-65994_big-thing_the-next-big-thing-is-the-one-that-makes_751569.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The next big thing is the one that makes the last big thing usable.” — Blake Ross", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We weren’t trying to strike it rich with Firefox. 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