Quotes from Marissa Mayer

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.

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 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.

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.

I was Google's first woman engineer.

It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people.

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

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.

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.

We were very focused on becoming profitable from a very early time, which was not true of most companies in the bubble

I refuse to be stereotyped.

One of the interesting applications of symbolic systems is artificial intelligence, and I spent some time thinking about how to create a brain that operates the way ours does.

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

There are probably industries where gender is more of an issue, but our industry is not one where I think that's relevant.

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

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.

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

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

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

I've always liked simplicity.

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.

Yahoo!, over the years, had been the king of the banner ad.

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

When I came to Yahoo! in 2012, I came because I really wanted to work hard. I thought it was a great challenge.