I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.

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

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.

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

The Googly thing is to launch products early on Google Labs and then iterate, learning what the market wants - and making it great. The beauty of experimenting in this way is that you never get too far from what the market wants. The market pulls you back.

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

I’m not a pro, but I know enough to be dangerous.