My friend Andre said to me, 'You know, Marissa, you're putting a lot of pressure on yourself to pick the right choice, and I've gotta be honest: That's not what I see here. I see a bunch of good choices, and there's the one that you pick and make great.' I think that's one of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten.

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

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

I could imagine, some number of years from now, starting my own company. But not yet. Not for a while.

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

Google has the functionality of a really complicated Swiss Army knife, but the home page is our of approaching it closed... It's simple, it's elegant you can slip it in your pocket, but it's got the great doodad when you need it

What is clear is that users own their data and should have control of how their data is used.