Top 70 Carly Fiorina Quotes

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?

Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, ‘No way.’

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

I started out as a receptionist. I typed, I filed, I answered the phones for a little nine-person company.

I think it would help tremendously to have a senator that knows where jobs come from, that knows how to create them, that knows how to bring them back and, importantly, knows what it means to manage billions of dollars’ worth of expenses and cut billions of dollars’ worth of expenses.

Whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you thought would be resolved – the political class has failed you.

Women are not all single-issue voters.

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.

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.

Hillary Clinton lies about Benghazi, she lied about emails, she is still defending Planned Parenthood, and she is still her party’s frontrunner.

We can rebuild an alliance to fight ISIS, but we have to lead, and we have to give our allies what they are asking us to do. We do not have to march off to war, but we have to help our allies fight a war which we need them to win.

Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.

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.

I’ve traveled around the world.

I didn’t get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race … maybe it’s because I hadn’t given money to the foundation or donated to his wife’s senate race.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

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.

Like Hillary Clinton, I, too, have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike Mrs. Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.

I’ve never thought in terms of ‘men do this’ and ‘women do that.’

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 understand how bureaucracies work. And that’s important because our government has become a vast, huge, bloated, corrupt bureaucracy.

You know, the truth is this: it is a leader’s job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies.

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

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

It’s the federal government’s job to secure the border.

I certainly support civil unions.

Don’t think of yourself as a woman in business.

Very ugly things were said about me.

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

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.

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.

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.

The truth is, I’m proud of the life I’ve lived so far, and though I’ve made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.

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.

That’s the thing about business. Facts and numbers and results actually count. It’s not just about words as it is in politics.

When it turns out that you were supposed to be disclosing all these foreign government donations to the Clinton Global Initiative while you were Secretary of State, and you didn’t, and now the Clinton Global Initiative is having to restate their 990s, that doesn’t sound very trustworthy to me.

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.

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.

I love being a woman. I like dressing up; I love buying shoes.

Look, you need technical skills to run a company.

People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.

If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.

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

I don’t think we’re going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that’s the reality.

Russia – having sat across the table from Vladimir Putin, it’s pretty clear when you meet him that he has an almost limitless ambition for power. And he’s been very good at acquiring it – political power, economic power, military power, territorial power.

I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.

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.

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.

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.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

I know more world leaders on the stage today than anyone running, with perhaps the exception of Hillary Clinton.

You know, I’m very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I’ve received.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

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

I am a conservative and proud of it.

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

I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.

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.

We need to be very well aware of the fact that China and Russia are using technology to attack us, just as ISIS is using technology to recruit those who would murder American citizens.

This world is clearly emerging before our eyes. The shifts ahead, the opportunities ahead are massive.

The highest calling of leadership is to challenge the status quo and unlock the potential of others. We need a leader who will lead the resurgence of this great nation and unlock its potential once again.

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

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

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.

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

You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.

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

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

The truth is, Hillary Clinton’s ideas create more income inequality. Why? Because bigger government creates crony capitalism. When you have a 70,000 page tax code, you’ve got to be very wealthy, very powerful, very well connected to dig your way through that tax code.