Marissa Mayer

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

I've always liked simplicity.

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

Good students are good at all things.

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

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.

I really like even numbers, and I like heavily divisible numbers. Twelve is my lucky number - I just love how divisible it is. I don't like odd numbers, and I really don't like primes. When I turned 37, I put on a strong face, but I was not looking forward to 37. But 37 turned out to be a pretty amazing year.

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 really love color.

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.

The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.