Quotes By Carly Fiorina

There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore.

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

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

There are Tea Parties, and I would say plural, in California.

I've traveled around the world.

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.

To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.

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

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.

You don't create jobs by passing bills, you create jobs by cutting taxes.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.

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.

I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.

You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.

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

You can find lots of people like you through technology, and women in particular like communities.

Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job.

You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not only a great tool for democratization, but it's a great tool for eliminating prejudice and advancing meritocracies.

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

Very ugly things were said about me.

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.

Once I dive in, I dive in all the way.

If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.

I have very eclectic tastes.

A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.

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

A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.

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