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

- Ruth Handler

Television speeded everything up.

- Ruth Handler

Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.

- 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

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

- Ruth Handler

I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.

- Ruth Handler