Marissa Mayer Quotes

I like to get myself in over my head.

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• The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Good
  • Football
  • Feet

• Foucault is one of many who want a new conception of how power and knowledge interact. But he is not looking for a relation between two givens, 'power' and 'knowledge.' As always, he is trying to rethink the entire subject matter, and his 'knowledge' and 'power' are to be something else.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Trying
  • Power
  • Knowledge

• I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Together
  • Think
  • Everyone

• I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.

  

  Olivia Williams
  • Work
  • Way
  • Feel

• I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories.

  

  Hannah Kent
  • Up
  • Through
  • Museums

• I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Cool
  • Nothing
  • Punishment

• One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.

  

  Venus Williams
  • People
  • Good
  • Done

• I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • People
  • Happy
  • Free

• Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

  

  Vagit Alekperov
  • Me
  • Politics
  • Ways

• I've been careful to work with good people on interesting material, mostly.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

  

  Sally Ride
  • High
  • Think
  • Space

• In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • World
  • Comedy
  • Pride

• People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • People
  • Shows
  • Forgotten

• I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • See
  • Snake
  • Bottle

• If you consistently write 'The sun set' rather than 'The sun sank slowly in the bright western sky,' your story will move three times as fast. Of course, there are times you want the longer version for atmosphere - but not many. Wordiness not only kills pace; it bores readers.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Sun
  • Story
  • Sky

• My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Football
  • Playing
  • Legacy

• My dad is an engineer and works on green energy, so I'm very aware of what it takes to keep a modern home running and how we can simplify.

  

  Rachel Boston
  • Home
  • Energy
  • Running

• Diving into data has never been more critical for businesses in order to make fast, accurate decisions about customer behaviors and needs and drive holistic business knowledge.

  

  Parker Harris
  • Business
  • Knowledge

• There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Art
  • You
  • Me

• I've always been trying to write songs that hit you in the stomach but ones that make people feel like things will be just fine.

  

  Nathaniel Rateliff
  • People
  • Trying
  • Always

• I was walking through Central Park, and I saw an old man smoking. Nothing makes a smoker happier than to see an old person smoking. This guy was ancient, bent over a walker, puffing away. I'm like, 'Duuude, you're my hero! Guy your age smoking, man, it's great.' He goes, 'What? I'm 28.'

  

  Bill Hicks
  • Great
  • Age
  • Guy

• In Peru, if you gave somebody a little chance to do something, they took it to the furthest extent. They took nothing for granted. And here in L.A., you kind of get caught up in your own little dilemmas and your own little life.

  

  Q'orianka Kilcher
  • Life
  • Up
  • Kind

• I like to get myself in over my head.

  

  Marissa Mayer