Almost Quote by Michael Birch

Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.

— Elon Musk

I love Silicon Valley, but there is a dominant voice of, 'Tech is cool. Tech is geeky. Tech is a guy with a hoodie.'

— Fei-Fei Li

At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for 'yes.'

— Steven Levy

A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess.

— Jaron Lanier

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

— Alexis Ohanian

I really knew almost nothing about Silicon Valley. I read that Steve Jobs book and watched a bunch of documentaries, and read the book…

— Zach Woods

Silicon Valley is the best place to start a tech company in so many ways.

— Niklas Zennstrom

My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends.

— Barack Obama

I saw that we needed to grow but our top line wasn't growing, so we had to find other ways to grow the business.…

— Larry Ellison

The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive.

— Carol Bartz

One thing I want to do is get Silicon Valley to think harder about those who have been left behind by the technology revolution.…

— Ro Khanna

If you want to build a great company, get the hell out of Silicon Valley.

— Bill Gates