45 Inspirational Marissa Mayer Quotes (LEADERSHIP)

Top 10 Most Famous Marissa Mayer Quotes (BEST)

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.”
Marissa Mayer

You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you. — You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.

If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room. — If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.

When you need to innovate, you need collaboration. — When you need to **innovate**, you need **collaboration**.

Do something you’re not ready to do. In the worst case, you’ll learn your limitations. — Do something you’re not ready to do. In the worst case, you’ll **learn** your limitations.

“We believe that if we focus on the users, the money will come. In a truly virtual business, if you’re successful, you’ll be working at something that’s so necessary people will pay for it in subscription form. Or you’ll have so many users that advertisers will pay to sponsor the site.”
Marissa Mayer

People are more productive when they're alone, but they're more collaborative and innovative when they're together. — People are more productive when they’re alone, but they’re more collaborative and innovative when they’re together.

Work for someone who believes in you, because when they believe in you they'll invest in you. — Work for someone who **believes** in you, because when they believe in you they’ll **invest** in you.

If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.

Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter.

8 Marissa Mayer Quotes on Computer Science and Technology

“Communications is the biggest driver of frequency of use of anything. Think about how many times a day you check your email on your phone or text someone or message someone.”
Marissa Mayer

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

I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.

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. — 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 definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it's always about what are you going to do next. — I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it’s always about what are you going to do next.

To me, the future is personalization. — To me, the **future** is personalization.

Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do - and the business side. — Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do – and the business side.

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

4 Marissa Mayer Quotes on Women in the Technology Sector

“People ask me all the time: ‘What is it like to be a woman at Google?’ I’m not a woman at Google, I’m a geek at Google. And being a geek is just great. I’m a geek, I like to code, I even like to use spreadsheets when I cook.”
Marissa Mayer

If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force. — If you can find something that you’re really **passionate** about, whether you’re a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

Right now is a great time to be a woman in tech, but there’s not enough women in tech.

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

7 Marissa Mayer Quotes on Google, Yahoo and Search Engines

“It is wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. It challenges you to think and work on a different level. If you play with better players, you learn a lot: perspectives, intellectual arguments, new ways of thinking about things.”
Marissa Mayer

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

I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere.

The market favors open choice for search, and companies should compete for users based on their quality of search services.

Google’s logic was sound An ad that pays $0.55 per click is more valuable than an ad that gets $1.00 per click if it gets clicked on twice as much. — Google’s logic was sound: An ad that pays $0.55 per click is more valuable than an ad that gets $1.00 per click if it gets clicked on twice as much.

If Microsoft and Yahoo didn't combine, Google was going to own the Internet forever. — If Microsoft and Yahoo didn’t combine, Google was going to own the Internet forever.

I think that for me, it’s God, family, and Yahoo – in that order. — I think that for me, it’s God, **family**, and Yahoo – in that order.

7 Inspirational Marissa Mayer Quotes on Success

“Our theory is, if you need the user to tell you what you’re selling, then you don’t know what you’re selling, and it’s probably not going to be a good experience.”
Marissa Mayer

Success is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list. — **Success** is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list.

Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

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

Innovation is born from the interaction between constraint and vision. — **Innovation** is born from the interaction between constraint and **vision**.

I’m not a pro, but I know enough to be dangerous.

“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

9 Wise Marissa Mayer Quotes that will Make You Think (WISDOM)

“I think threats are always opportunities… and I think the opportunity for us is to focus on the users and innovate. Then the opposite of that is really the biggest threat, which is that we would somehow become complacent.”
Marissa Mayer

I think the most interesting thing is what happens next.

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. — 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.

Reality is but a poor excuse for not having an imagination.

“For each of the executive hires I’ve made–and every hire I’ve made–I’ve gotten the exact person I wanted. It’s been surprisingly easy to assemble what I think is the best and brightest team.”
Marissa Mayer

To me, speed is really about convenience.

Creativity thrives best when constrained... Simplicity is king on the small screen. — **Creativity** thrives best when constrained… **Simplicity** is king on the small screen.

It was becoming unwise to send a résumé from an email address with an '@yahoo.com' at the end. — It was becoming unwise to send a résumé from an email address with an ‘@yahoo.com’ at the end.

“New beginnings – professional, personal, or come what may – are always uncomfortable, but being open to them is the only way to grow. In the end, we are all capable of so much more than we think.”
Marissa Mayer