They said it: The best, brightest and funniest quotes from GeekWire Summit Day 1

“To me, it’s essential." @maryjofoley wants someone — anyone — to buy Twitter. #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

NYT's @nickwingfield says LinkedIn deal "is really the test" to see if @satyanadella has instrumented true change at Microsoft. #gwsummit

— John Cook (@johnhcook) October 4, 2016

"My whole company is powered by these brilliant, hard working millennials." CEO Richard Wang @codingdojo1 #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

Not sold on Spectacles, but @gilbert says, "Keep an eye on @Snapchat, their ambition is much larger than we thought." #GWSummit pic.twitter.com/6xacFtJvyE

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

"We’re not heavily influenced by failures and successes because we want to open our own paths." M3 Biotechnology CEO @leenkawas #gwsummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

"I was so curious about the moves [ @SatyaNadella ] was making … His vision was really fresh and new." @PeggyJ#GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

"There’s been a real shift in the enthusiasm about partnering with @Microsoft and I can feel that when I’m out there." @PeggyJ #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

“I believe we’re going to look back and say, ‘can you imagine when we used to drive cars ourselves?'” — Microsoft VP of biz dev @PeggyJ

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

“Amazon is a company that you have to take very, very seriously…if they get into travel that won’t be a happy day for us” Expedia CEO @dkhos

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

Echoing our millennial panel, @Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says "Our culture values experiences more than stuff.” #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

“If one candidate wins, and I think you can guess whom, I think it would be negative for the world and negative for travel.”—Expedia CEO

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

“We’re doubling the building stock in the world today in about a 30-year span,” says @NBBJDesign’s Scott Wyatt. He calls it “exhilarating.”

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

Amazon is "building a neighborhood that blurs the boundary between living and working and playing in a city" — Scott Wyatt, of @NBBJDesign.

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

“It's never been a more exciting time to be in the business of designing cities.” Fascinating stuff from @NBBJDesign’s Scott Wyatt #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

.@RicardoLockette on where he gets his drive: "I think it's when your passion or purpose is greater than the work." #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

"GeekWire is something that is going to change the world, and I'm pleased to be a part of it." @RicardoLockette making us blush at #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

"I'm blocking for @DangeRussWilson so he can get back and hug @ciara" is how @RicardoLockette explains @Seahawks family. #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

"I dare not waste another day." @RicardoLockette silences #GWSummit with story of near-fatal hit in Dallas and what he was thinking.

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

Andreessen Horowitz partner @jeff_jordan calls Amazon Echo and Echo Dot “frickin’ brilliant.” #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

Jeff Jordan on talk of a bubble: Up until recently there were some “eye-popping valuations.” #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

Any fans of HBO’s Silicon Valley out there? Andreessen Horowitz partner @jeff_jordan says, “It’s on the mark.” #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

“All of us are developing cancer every day,” says @JunoThera CEO Hans Bishop. Yikes! #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

“Cancer is a really difficult disease. It’s beaten many attempts to cure it” @HansBishop1 explains why he's hesitant to say “cure” #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

. @HansBishop1 says biotech and high tech are "in a pitch battle because the tech industry is very forcefully…trying to minimize patents."

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

“We have a no a–holes policy in our company,” says @JunoThera CEO Hans Bishop. #GWSummit

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

.@ChefChrisYoung says @ChefSteps device just got approved for an Alexa skill. "Alexa, tell Joule to make my steak medium-rare." #GWSummit pic.twitter.com/u2NBlz6t33

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

.@CALomasney says "like mother nature built materials layer by layer, we are building metals layer by layer." #GWSummit pic.twitter.com/HOLOQnmjZ7

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016

.@grabmike on @PackageGuard: "It's a bathroom scale with WiFi and an alarm on it. I'll be honest. It's not rocket science." #GWSummit pic.twitter.com/2lHrCKFOvM

— GeekWire (@geekwire) October 4, 2016