Marissa Mayer

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

“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'm not a woman at Google, I'm a geek at Google.”

“Creativity loves constraint. You have to have a box to think outside of.”

“I think it's really important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.”

“I refuse to be stereotyped.”

“Smart people in a room, debating and discussing and building on each other's ideas, can come up with a much better answer than any one of them can do on their own.”

“I like to get myself in over my head.”

“It's important to have a compelling vision and mission.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I helped build Google, but I don't like to rest on my laurels. I think the most interesting thing is what happens next.”

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

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