Inspiring Quotes by Mark Zuckerberg - Page 2

"The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'"

"I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded"

"People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people - and that social norm is just something that has evolved over time"

"Our goal is not to build a platform; it's to be cross all of them"

"The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently"

"Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they're thinking and have their voice be heard"

"In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people's perspectives... I really try and live the mission of the company and... keep everything else in my life extremely simple"

"Working with a lot of people at the same time is a task. I really like making stuff and getting stuff done. One of the things I really liked about Facebook was that I could always move so quickly. I wrote the original application in, like, nine days at the end of January"

"If you're always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden"

"Bill Gates has always been a mentor and inspiration for me even before I knew him. Just growing up, I admired how Microsoft was mission-focused"

"When I started Facebook from my dorm room in 2004, the idea that my roommates and I talked about all the time was a world that was more open"

"If you grew up, and you never had a computer, and you've never used the Internet, and someone asked you if you wanted to buy a data plan, your response would be 'What's a data plan, and why would I want to use this?'"

"We don't sell data; we don't allow anyone to sell data"

"I do everything on my phone as a lot of people do"

"Connectivity is a human right"

"Think about what people are doing on Facebook today. They're keeping up with their friends and family, but they're also building an image and identity for themselves, which in a sense is their brand. They're connecting with the audience that they want to connect to. It's almost a disadvantage if you're not on it now"

"I like making things. I don't like getting my picture taken"

"I updated my grilling app, iGrill, today and it now has Facebook integration that lets you see what other people are grilling right now around the world. Awesome"

"I wear the same outfit or, at least, a different copy of it almost every day"