Carol Bartz

If you want to run an ad on the iPad, it has to be approved by Apple.

— Carol Bartz

We're so overburdened with all the bullshit in the system.

— Carol Bartz

Yahoo is a company that is very strong in content.

— Carol Bartz

If you think you can't, you're right.

— Carol Bartz

I've just been fired over the phone by Yahoo's chairman of the board

— Carol Bartz

I always do my firing in the morning because that's when I'm fresh.

— Carol Bartz

If you sit quiet long enough, you find out what people really think.

— Carol Bartz

The fact that you can crawl the web is a commodity.

— Carol Bartz

I hug employees all the time. I'm a huge contact person. Touch is an extremely important part of the human condition.

— Carol Bartz

Back when 'social' had a broad definition, you could almost say that Yahoo Finance chat was the first social product.

— Carol Bartz

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

— Carol Bartz

Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 - the iPod came out 4 years later. 3 years after that is the…

— Carol Bartz

If people really don't want ads, they can go find their information however it is they want. It's a free world on…

— Carol Bartz

I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. I never thought I'd be where I am. I never thought I'd have…

— Carol Bartz

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are…

— Carol Bartz

I have a belief that life isn't about balance, because balance is perfection Rather, it's about catching the ball before it hits…

— Carol Bartz

It'll take a smart person with passion over someone with years of experience any day. People with intelligence and passion will get…

— Carol Bartz

I became a sales manager at Digital Equipment, promoted from within the sales team. My peers were less than excited that I…

— Carol Bartz

You need not feel guilty about not being able to keep your life perfectly balanced. Juggling everything is too difficult. All you…

— Carol Bartz

Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm…

— Carol Bartz

Google is a fierce competitor. I wish I was worth a bazillion dollars; that would be really nice. They're a fierce competitor,…

— Carol Bartz

If I had my way, I wouldn't do annual reviews, if I felt that everybody would be more honest about positive and…

— Carol Bartz

It's very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you're farther down the path of change than you…

— Carol Bartz

My husband doesn't listen because his mother didn't make him listen. What am I going to do, beat him? I mean: firstborn…

— Carol Bartz

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

— Carol Bartz

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

— Carol Bartz

I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And…

— Carol Bartz

I'm kind of a Midwestern snob. I think we're just nice people and have a great work ethic.

— Carol Bartz

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

— Carol Bartz

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

— Carol Bartz

Social does not just equal Facebook. Social is how people interact anywhere.

— Carol Bartz

Everybody on my team - I couldn't do their jobs. I could not. I really mean that. So I figured out early…

— Carol Bartz

When trouble strikes, which it always does - bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover - when trouble strikes, those board members who…

— 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…

— Carol Bartz

My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among…

— Carol Bartz