Silicon Valley (TV Series)
Minimum Viable Product (2014)
Thomas Middleditch: Richard Hendricks
Quotes
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Doctor : It's a garden variety panic attack. Welcome to Silicon Valley, we see people like you all the time!
Richard : Really?
Doctor : Yes.
Richard : It's just I have to make this decision by tomorrow.
Doctor : Yeah. You know, a while back, we had a guy in here in almost the exact same situation, "take the money or keep the company".
Richard : What happened?
Doctor : Well, a couple months later he was brought into the ER with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I guess he really regretted not taking that money.
Richard : He shot himself because he turned down the money?
Doctor : Yeah. Or no, he took the money. Or no. No, he did not. You know what? I don't remember. But whatever it was, he regretted it so much that he ended up shooting himself.
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Richard : Look, guys, for thousands of years, guys like us gave gotten the shit kicked out of us. But now, for the first time, we're living in an era, where we can be in charge and build empires. We could be the vikings of our day.
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Richard : [at a party celebrating the sale of an IT company to Google for $200 million] It's amazing how the men and women at these things always separate like this.
Dinesh : Yeah, every party in Silicon Valley ends up like a Hasidic wedding.
Big Head : Not even the Goolybib guys were talking to girls.
Erlich : They don't have to, Big Head. This house talks to girls.
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Richard : Pied Piper is a proprietary site that lets you find out if your music is infringing on any existing copyrights. So, imagine you were a song writer, ok?
Peter Gregory : [Thoughtful] I don't think I could write a song.
Richard : Yeah, no, just imagine if you were.
Peter Gregory : I don't even think I could say, "Pied Piper is a proprietary site. " Well, I just did but it wasn't easy.
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Erlich : When I sold my company, Aviato, I wanted to give back. That's why I started this place, to do something big. To make a difference. You know, like Steve.
Richard : Uh, Jobs or Wozniak?
[Erlich looks at him]
Richard : Steve Jobs or Steve...
Erlich : Oh, I heard you.
Richard : Which one?
Erlich : Jobs.
Richard : I mean, Jobs was a poser. He didn't even write code.
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Richard : What do I do if I feel another panic attack coming on?
Doctor : Would you be interested in a device that links up to your smartphone and it keeps track of your vitals and it tells you, even before it's happening, whether you're having a panic attack or an actual heart attack?
Richard : Yeah, that sounds great.
Doctor : You would, right? Ok, that's great news. Because it's still in prototype phase right now, but my start-up partners and I are looking for investors. Like today. So will you please let me know I'm going to give you my number. If you do end up taking that 10 million dollars because we could really make the world a better place.
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Monica : Hi, Monica. I work with Peter Gregory. We met outside the TED...
Richard : Yeah, I remember you. What how'd you know I was here?
Monica : Peter Gregory is invested in a company that uses GPS in phones to track people.
Richard : That's creepy.
Monica : You don't know the half of it. And neither does congress.
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Richard : I have an idea I'd love to pitch you, if you have time.
Peter Gregory : Oh
[Turns away]
Richard : Well, that is before I just give up and go back to college.
Peter Gregory : Don't! Do not do that. Go work at Burger King. Go into the woods and forage for nuts and berries. Do not go back to college!
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Big Head : Hey, did you hear what Peter Gregory is doing?
Richard : You mean buying that island in the Pacific?
Big Head : No, he's building one actually. Baller. Anyway, he's also offering a hundred k to people willing to skip or drop out of college to pursue their idea. I don't know what happened to that guy, but he really hates college. Anyway, he's doing a TED talks in Palo Alto tonight. We should try to get in.
Richard : I dropped out of college. Maybe I should re-enroll and drop out again. Try and get the money.
