Marissa Mayer Success Quotes

The turning point for me was realizing that I would learn more at Google, trying to build a company, regardless of whether we failed or succeeded, than I would at any of the other companies I had offers from. ~ Marissa Mayer

If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me. ~ Marissa Mayer

When you're coming into a company and, you know, have to do a transformation, what you really want to do is look at the company and say, 'Okay, here are the parts that the company does well. How do we get those genes to hyper-express? The genes that are getting in the way, how do you turn those off?' ~ Marissa Mayer

Our mission is making the world's daily habits inspiring and entertaining. Which people come to work at Yahoo to build on that mission? Those who are inspired by that, and you can feel that passion in the products. ~ Marissa Mayer

I don't think that I would consider myself a feminist. I think that I certainly believe in equal rights, I believe that women are just as capable, if not more so in a lot of different dimensions, but I don't, I think have, sort of, the militant drive and the sort of, the chip on the shoulder that sometimes comes with that. ~ Marissa Mayer

Before Google, I spent the summer building a program that would look at what websites you would go to and what websites other people would go to - and built a collaborative filtering program that helped you find related sites to look at. ~ Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer, who became one of Silicon Valley's most famous working mothers not long after she took over as Yahoo's CEO in 2012, says that burnout isn't caused by working too hard, but by resentment at having to give up what really matters to you. ~ Eric Schmidt

The thing that surprised me and really puzzled me is that the job is really fun. Yahoo is a really fun place to work. ~ Marissa Mayer

I've come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because motherhood forces prioritization. Being a mom gives you so much more clarity on what is important. ~ Marissa Mayer

There are amazing opportunities all over the world for women, and I think that there's more good that comes out of positive energy around that than negative energy. ~ Marissa Mayer

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

I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable. ~ Marissa Mayer

With data collection, 'The sooner the better' is always the best answer. ~ Marissa Mayer

Your rhythm is what matters to you so much that when you miss it you're resentful of your work ... So find your rhythm, understand what makes you resentful, and protect it.. ~ Marissa Mayer

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night. ~ Marissa Mayer

For me the core principles of privacy online are transparency, choice and control. ~ Marissa Mayer

Straight lines don't exist in the human form and are extremely rare in nature, so the human touch in the logo is that all the lines and forms have at least a slight curve. ~ Marissa Mayer

I had no idea how to eat sensibly. ~ Marissa Mayer

Barbara and I had arrived early, so I got to admire everyone's entrance. We were seated at tables around a dance floor that had been set up on the lawn behind the house. Barbara and I shared a table with Deborah Kerr and her husband. Deborah, a lovely English redhead, had been brought to Hollywood to play opposite Clark Gable in The Hucksters. Louis B. Mayer needed a cool, refined beauty to replace the enormously popular redhead, Greer Garson, who had married a wealthy oil magnate and retired from the screen in the mid-fifties. Deborah, like her predecessor, had an ultra-ladylike air about her that was misleading. In fact, she was quick, sharp, and very funny. She and Barbara got along like old school chums. Jimmy Stewart was also there with his wife. It was the first time I'd seen him since we'd worked for Hitchcock. It was a treat talking to him, and I felt closer to him than I ever did on the set of Rope. He was so genuinely happy for my success in Strangers on a Train that I was quite moved. Clark Gable arrived late, and it was a star entrance to remember. He stopped for a moment at the top of the steps that led down to the garden. He was alone, tanned, and wearing a white suit. He radiated charisma. He really was the King. The party was elegant. Hot Polynesian hors d'oeuvres were passed around during drinks. Dinner was very French, with consommé madrilène as a first course followed by cold poached salmon and asparagus hollandaise. During dessert, a lemon soufflé, and cof ~ Farley Granger

The interesting thing is when you look at what people want to do on their phone, it's mail, weather, check stock quotes and news. That's Yahoo's business. This is a huge opportunity for us because we have the content and all the information people want on their phones. ~ Marissa Mayer

Today, only about 1% of the World Wide Web is written in Arabic. ~ Marissa Mayer

I didn't set out to be at the top of technology companies. I'm just geeky and shy, and I like to code. ~ Marissa Mayer

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

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

When you need to innovate, you need collaboration. ~ Marissa Mayer

You have to ruthlessly prioritize. ~ Marissa Mayer

Well, I think the social networking is really interesting. ~ Marissa Mayer

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

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

I think like my dad, but I have a huge kinship with my mom. ~ Marissa Mayer

Management is defense. You basically say, 'This is the direction; this is where we're heading,' and then it's my job to get everything else out of the way. All the other things that can become a distraction keep us from executing well. Get those out of the way, because the team ultimately needs to run in that direction and execute well. ~ Marissa Mayer

What is clear is that users own their data and should have control of how their data is used. ~ Marissa Mayer

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. ~ Marissa Mayer

The prime reason the Google homepage is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact, it was noted that the SUBMIT button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life. ~ Marissa Mayer

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.' ~ Marissa Mayer

Science has too long focused on intelligence & talent as determiners of success. And it's not. The key to success is to set a specific long-term goal and to do whatever it takes until the goal has been achieved. That's called GRIT (defined as courage and resolve; strength of character). ~ Bob Mayer

I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world. ~ Marissa Mayer