People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.
— Carly Fiorina
Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.
I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
Once I dive in, I dive in all the way.
The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.
You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign.
Women are not all single-issue voters.
Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.
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.
We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.
I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.
When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.
A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.
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.
Don't think of yourself as a woman in business.
I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year.
I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.
I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.
It's the federal government's job to secure the border.
You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.
Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality.
I've traveled around the world.
I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here.
There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore.
To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'
If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.
The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.
Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.
Very ugly things were said about me.
You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.
I certainly support civil unions.
There are Tea Parties, and I would say plural, in California.
You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.
You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.
Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.
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.
People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
I have very eclectic tastes.
A leader's most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?
I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
What I think we need to do to engage the American people in a conversation about entitlement reform is to have a bipartisan group of people who come together and put every solution on the table, every alternative on the table. And then we ought to engage in a long conversation with the American people so they understand the choices.
