Carly Fiorina Quotes - Page 10

A vendor neutral, standards-based approach must be adopted

When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.

The state is facing a unique and extraordinary set of challenges and opportunities that demand the involvement of all of us to address them. It's time for everyone to pull together to improve California's competitiveness.

Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.

I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.

I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.

I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.

Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.

You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.

I don't take on a fight just for a fight. I don't tilt at windmills.

I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.

People who don't fit the mold are treated differently than those who do.

If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.

Look, you need technical skills to run a company.

My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.

I am a conservative and proud of it.

We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it.

I'm happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially behind me. I feel absolutely great and I am raring to go.

A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track.

Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.

You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.

Im very disappointed that we missed our (earnings per share) growth target this quarter due to the confluence of a number of issues that we now understand and are urgently addressing. I accept full responsibility for the shortfall.

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.

Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.