Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Ruth Handler

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businesswoman Ruth Handler.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Ruth Marianna Handler was an American businesswoman and inventor. Best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959, she served as the first president of toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc., which she co-founded with her husband in January 1945 until 1974 until the Handlers were forced to resign from Mattel, and in 1978 Ruth Handler was convicted of false reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

American - Businesswoman | November 4, 1916 - April 27, 2002

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I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.

Ruth Handler

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

Ruth Handler

I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.

Ruth Handler

It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit.

Ruth Handler

Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people.

Ruth Handler

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.

Ruth Handler

Television speeded everything up.

Ruth Handler

We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent.

Ruth Handler

It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.

Ruth Handler

The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn't be done.

Ruth Handler

Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.