Top 295 Quotes & Sayings by Carly Fiorina

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

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.

Do not be afraid to make decisions, do not be afraid to make mistakes.

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

I understand how the economy actually works.

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.

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

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

I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.

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

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

The Democratic policy is any abortion, any time, for any reason at any point in a woman's pregnancy, right up until the last minute, to be paid by taxpayers. Barbara Boxer described this policy as, 'It's not a life until it leaves the hospital.'

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.

I am a conservative and proud of it.

Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future.

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'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.

When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive.

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

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.

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

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'm a pro-life candidate because I believe that science is proving us right every day.

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 learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game, and I've been competing with men my whole life.

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.

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.

Crony capitalism is alive and well: the big are bigger, the wealthy are getting wealthier because, with a very large powerful complicated government, which is what we have and which Democrats want more of, only the big, the powerful, the wealthy and the well connected can survive.

I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic.

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

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

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

I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I certainly support civil unions.

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.

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 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.

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.

If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.

Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.

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.

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

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

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.

Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.

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

2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.

But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.

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

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

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.

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

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