Quotes By Marissa Mayer

I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.

To me, speed is really about convenience.

You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone.

I had no idea how to eat sensibly.

I don't feel overwhelmed with information. I really like it.

I was Google's first woman engineer.

I really love color.

For many people, Google is the most important tool on the Web.

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

Well, I think the social networking is really interesting.

I think what's really amazing is that given the scale of the web and getting the compute power we have today, we're starting to see things that appear intelligent but actually aren't semantically intelligent.

I really wanted to be a doctor, until my freshman year of college when I realized that while I was good at chemistry and biology, I really wasn't feeling challenged by it.

I had to think really hard about how to choose between job offers.

I pace myself by taking a week-long vacation every four months.

I like to stay in the rhythm of things.

I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines.

I think that there is a generational change, where new generations that have grown up always having access to the internet have a somewhat different view in terms of personal information and what needs to be kept private.

I've always liked simplicity.

The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV.

Search occupies this wonderful moment in a user's day where it doesn't even really break along demographics, right?

I think it's very comforting for people to put me in a box. 'Oh, she's a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes and cupcakes. Oh, but wait, she is spending her weekends doing hardware electronics.'

Well, I have one of the best jobs in the world.