"I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. There are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name. They all travel as if they are pack dogs and stick to each other like glue. The best people want to work the big challenges. That is what happened with Google. Our mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. How can that not get you excited? But we almost didn't start Google because my co-founder Sergey and I were too worried about dropping out of our Ph.D. program. You are probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm! ... What is the one sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!" - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet

Priceless closing quote from Larry: "Just like me, your families brought you here, and you brought them here. Please keep them close and remember: they are what really matters in life." - Victor Panlilio

That was a surprisingly emotional speech! I like and greatly admire Larry and have spoken with him a few times inside and outside of meetings, but have never seen that side of him before :). - Adam Lasnik

For lazy people: http://www.youtube.com/watch.... It won't be very easy as there's no sound between 0:43 and 2:28. Google apologized. - Jérôme Flipo

The sound comes back at "my brother". On Youtube, all video uploaders can "replace audio track", so I guess that Google will use that feature as soon as they find an audio recording and make sure that it is trimmed correctly so it will play in synch. - Charbax