Megan Smith Quotations

We're going to get her times down faster once she gets in shape. She still has a ways to go on that, but she has a lot of natural ability.

We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started.

Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code.

She's always pushed and pushed and always asked what she could do better. She's always been a hard worker, but this year she has the confidence to go with it.

She has a friendly, outgoing personality and the girls always get along with her, but they know if they're running against her in practice they'll have to push themselves a little harder.

Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.

I wish I could put her heart and determination into all of my girls. She has the mentality that this is my year.

If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome?

I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs.

I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more.

Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry.

For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back.

There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program.

I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.

I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.

I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves.

Last year, people dressed nicely, but not wearing any sort of costume or anything like that. This year, we've got sonnet-delivering outfits: Renaissance gowns and some Restoration wear. I'm personally wearing this outfit with a big skirt and a corset type top -- that'll add a fun element.

I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical.

I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia.

Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son.

The American government will be whatever we all make of it.

We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech.

We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream.

We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you.

To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people.

This was a great indication of where we're at in starting this program. We came out and really took it to them in the first game. But it's hard to stay consistent when you have a really young team. We're doing the best we can, and you can see that we fought back twice (in the late game) and that shows that our girls have a lot of heart.

There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost.

There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more.

We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results.

We've never won, even though we've gotten so close before.

What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface.

We culturally decided, as the personal computer came in, that it was for the boys.

Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.

Each class is going to ask him two questions. I think it's going to be fun.

Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable.

I've been working on the lost history of technical women.

Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general.

I've seen her, and she didn't look pregnant at all.

The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking.

Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science.

People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down.

The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to.

Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value.

Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important.

Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally.

The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation.

It's easier not to hear it from Mom.

It was a serious sonnet to a girl and the guy was actually interested in her and hadn't told her yet. It was kind of cool to be the vehicle of that expression.

It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down.

It's always fun just to watch the combination of humiliation and gratitude and affection that goes across people's faces when they are addressed in public in such a manner.

It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality.

It's much easier to fail when you're in the pilot, early stage, when it's less expensive and you're exploring than when you're way out the door and you've spent all this money. Industry is smart: structured to have skunkworks and pilot phases.

It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born.

Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you.

Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access.

I want to ride again. Let me ride one more time,

There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea.

I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet.

I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard.

In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team.

Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.

I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off.

Compromise is just a fancy term for losing.

I can conquer the world with one hand, as long as you are holding the other.

Just remember everything happens for a reason. We just have to pick ourselves up, and look on the bright side of life.

The idea behind standardising playing conditions and policy is to remove any scope for confusion while at the same time increasing the level of professionalism in the womens game.

You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government.

The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising.