Sandra Lerner quotes:

Historically, if you look at people like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, people with disposable incomes have always been agricultural innovators.

My aunt looked like Lucille Ball, and everything she touched was beautiful and elegant. But I was intelligent enough to understand I would never be like her.

We had a small farm growing up. It was my grandfather's farm, and we didn't torture the animals, and we didn't feed them stuff we wouldn't eat.

The farm was a great place to grow up, but I preferred the Hollywood Hills. My aunt looked like Lucille Ball and everything she touched was beautiful and elegant. But I was intelligent enough to understand I would never be like her.

I've never really seen other people spend other people's money wisely.

When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky research.

At Cisco, I made every decision based on what was good for the company, and that pretty much ruined my marriage and my health.

If you look at any of the big companies, whether it is IBM or L'Oreal, they have a corporate religion and corporate self-image that makes it very difficult for them to execute in different areas.

When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky research,

Social media is an information channel; it's like radio or TV... In Cisco, we made a lot of money on public protocol. I think the social media model replicates that protocol.

The amount of time that a young girl spends wearing pink will be inversely proportional to her future income.

The venture community is largely male.

But I live very simply. I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording engineer. I do my own laundry most days and I get on with the business of living.