Carol Bartz

Organizations can get in the way of innovation, because if people are all bound up, and if they don't know if they get to make the decision or somebody else, and if they do, what happens to them, and so on and so forth. ”

When trouble strikes, which it always does - bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover - when trouble strikes, those board members who don't understand or are not committed are not helpful. ”

I like banks because they keep my money safe, but I don't want to talk about banks 12 times a year. ”

My husband doesn't listen because his mother didn't make him listen. What am I going to do, beat him? I mean: firstborn of a southern family? Firstborn boy? Please. I mean, I love him to death, but is he going to take the garbage out? No. ”

I didn't have my first child until I was 40. I actually learned about motherhood from management. ”

The way you manage your company and the way you manage your people has to be totally different. ”

The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive. ”

Yahoo is a company that is very strong in content. ”

I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top. ”

My grandmother raised me. She was a real no-nonsense but very funny lady. I drove tractors, made hay, milked cows, fed the chicken, fed the pigs. ”