Carly fiorina quotes

Leadership Is Performance. You Have To Be Conscious Of Your Behavior, Because Everyone Else Is.

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

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.

Leadership is not about a title, degree or level. Anybody can lead at any time.

We must move from revenue-neutral to revenue-reducing tax reform, because the federal government spends far too much money.

If Hillary Clinton had to face me on a debate stage, at the very least, she would have a hitch in her swing.

Hillary Clinton failed to mention that her agreement with a precipitous withdrawal and declaration of victory in 2011 helped left swaths of territory and weaponry from ISIS. She failed to mention that she described Bashar al-Assad as a positive reformer and opened an American embassy. She failed to mention a complete failure strategy in Libya, which now is enabling ISIS to move into Libya.

Leadership is all about unlocking the potential in others.

We need a fearless fighter in the White House - not just to win this election, but also to restore the character of our nation.

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?

The pace of change is so great, there is always something else going on. What that says to me is that you have to have strategic vision and peripheral vision. Strategic vision is the ability to look ahead and peripheral vision is the ability to look around, and both are important.

When you don't respond to bad behavior, you get more of it.

I have done business in China for 25 years, so I know that in order to get China to cooperate with us, we must first actually retaliate against their cyber-attacks so they know we're serious. We have to push back on their desire to control the trade route through the South China Sea through which flows $5 trillion worth of goods and services every year.

Whatever the consequences of staying true to yourself, they're much less than the consequences of selling your soul.

We have been through four and five generations of technology since the PATRIOT Act.

Hillary Clinton's a highly intelligent woman, hard-working, she's dedicated her life to public service, but unfortunately, she does not have a track record of accomplishment or transparency. ... She's not the woman for the White House.

Distilling truth from overwhelming amounts of information is the essence of leadership.

All the things I resent most about out-of-control government and the politicians who support it, grow it, or simply fail to deal with it, what angers me above all else is the knowledge that all of this waste and ruin is entirely preventable.

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

We must protect the right of citizens to practice their religions freely. As president, I will support federal and state-level legislation like the Religious Freedom Restoration Acts that protect citizens and their churches from government intrusion.

All that matters is, how big do you want to dream, and how hard do you want to work?

I am a conservative because I know that no one of us is better than any other one of us.

People are tired of the status quo. You see that in various movements in and out of our the Republicans party, but most candidates are offering hollow rhetoric, not specific solutions.

We need to unify our party, we need a real Conservative in the White House, and we need to beat Hillary Clinton to take our country back and keep our nation safe.

The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference.

I have been tested. My faith has been tested. I have battled breast cancer. I have buried a child. Through it all, the love of my family and my personal relationship with Jesus Christ has seen me through. And on this journey my family and my faith will see me through as well. I will not falter, and I will not shrink from this fight.

So what will define greatness for your generation? I believe it is to use the knowledge that you have earned here to find ways, not only to connect to computers, but to connect to people; not only to bridge gaps in science, but to bridge gaps between cultures; not only to use numbers and formulas to create, but to use words to lead, and in the process, to close that canyon between ignorance and understanding.

The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.

Donald Trump can't beat Hillary Clinton, I think it's very clear, and she doesn't want to run against me, because I can beat her, because I will fight her and force her to fight on ground that she will lose on.

As president, I will stand up to the great human rights tests of our time - in China, Russia, and the Middle East. We must send a signal to our allies and adversaries that America is back in the leadership business.

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

Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are responsible for the growth of ISIS because they precipitously withdrew from Iraq in 2011 against the advice of every single general and for political expediency.

Margaret Thatcher once said, "If you want something talked about, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

My job is to continue to work very hard, to make sure the American people understand who I am, what I believe in, what I'll fight for. It's why I have been so accessible to the press.

Customers can't always tell you what they want, but they can always tell you what's wrong.

We [the Republicans] help the middle class when we unburden them from the very policies that Hillary Clinton would double down on. She champions Big Government, which we know enables crony capitalism and exacerbates inequality. If you are wealthy, powerful and well-connected, you can handle Big Government.

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

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 think we need a real plan, which is why I have offered a much more specific approach to securing the border, fixing the legal immigration system and addressing illegal immigration.

In fact, the private sector is improving their algorithmic ability to search through big data month after month after month. And, of course, a big government bureaucracy isn't keeping up.

A company is an organic, living, breathing thing, not just an income sheet and balance sheet. You have to lead it with that in mind.

We must remember that ours was intended to be a citizen government, and we must work together to restore our country and the character of our nation.

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.

Socialism starts when government creates a problem, and then government steps in to solve the problem.

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.

Nobody needs to worry whether or not I've been tested.

The most important thing about a child's education is to have a great teacher in front of the classroom and a lot of choice and accountability with parents.

It's that government bureaucracies crush innovation. We are falling further and further behind in our government.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

The hardest thing for a chief executive to do is to tell someone that they don't have a job anymore.

Make the choice to do something because it engages your heart as well as your mind. Make the choice because it engages all of you.

Love what you do, or don't do it. Don't make a choice of any kind, whether in career or in life, just because it pleases others or because it ranks high on someone else's scale of achievement...Make the choice to do something because it engages your heart as well as your mind. Make the choice because it engages all of you.

[Donald] Trump is a [Hillary] Clinton Christmas gift.

We must fix our broken education system. Every parent deserves a choice as to how to best educate their children so that every child has a chance to fulfill their potential.

I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a former organ harvester describe a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.

Margaret Thatcher - a woman I greatly admire - once said that she was not content to manage the decline of a great nation. Neither am I. I am prepared to lead the resurgence of a great nation.

Donald Trump would be a better president every day of the week and twice on Sunday rather than Hillary Clinton.

It's not a world war yet, but we're at war, because ISIS has declared war on us.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American people need now to produce results.

Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back.

Life is not measured in time, but in love, contribution, and grace.

I'm tired of women who are conservative like me, being dismissed by others because we don't agree with them. And I think it's time to take that word back for all women, not just for those who believe in the litany of the left.

I think more to the point, these pivotal times means something other than a politician. I understand the economy. I understand the world. I have a lot of foreign policy experience. I understand bureaucracies. I understand technology, and I understand leadership.

Human potential is the only limitless resource we have in this world.

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.

I know Vladimir Putin. He respects strength. He lied to our president's [Barack Obama] face; didn't both to tell him about warplanes and troops going into Syria. We need to speak to him from a position of strength.

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 certainly support civil unions.

The people are fed up with the political class.

I grew up a faithful person. I never lost faith. I prayed every day all throughout my life. But at some point in life, my faith became fairly abstract. And I lost this belief that we have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Like Hillary Clinton, I too have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike her, I have actually accomplished something.

I believe that marriage has a spiritual foundation because only a man and a woman can create life, which is a gift from God. So, while I believe that government should bestow benefits equally, I also believe that government must respect those - like myself - who believe that marriage has a religious foundation.

Hillary Clinton wants to run on the historic nature of her candidacy. I will force her to run on accountability for the Clinton 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.

Ultimately, strong branding is not just a promise to our customers,to our partners, to our shareholders and to our communities;it is also a promise to ourselves... in that sense, it is about using a brand as a beacon, as a compass, for determining the right actions, for staying the course, for evolving a culture, for inspiring a company to reach its full potential.

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.

Our allies in the Middle East know that the Islamic State is their fight - and they have asked for very specific things to help push back against ISIL.We must give our allies the help they need to confront and defeat this evil.

I too remember September 11th. I remember immediately putting into place security procedures all throughout our company that did business in 170 countries where we thought corporate interests would be attacked next. To take our country back, to keep our nation safe, we have to begin by beating Hillary Clinton.

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

We've mismanaged going into Iraq.

[Hillary] Clinton, we are not where we need to be in the fight against ISIS.

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

The marijuana that kids are smoking today is not the same as the marijuana that Jeb Bush smoked 40 years ago.

The world is a more tragic and dangerous place when American isn't leading and, under this president, we have not been leading.

I have very eclectic tastes.

Too often, we see people who are prevented from practicing their religion because of a government mandate.

Donald Trump is a big Christmas gift wrapped under the tree for Hillary Clinton. She desperately hopes she runs against Donald Trump. I, however, am the lump of coal in Mrs. Clinton's stocking, and she desperately hopes she does not run against me.

What is that hair? So yesterday.

I was naming the five warriors of our generation who have experience, four out of five I would argue were retired early out of the [Barack] Obama administration because they said things the Obama administration didn't particularly want to hear.

There is some confusion because we only recently began our marketing. We're in an era were people need to think about business processes and applications horizontally...We need to think of the enterprise not as an island of stand-alone technology.

The difference between people who succeed and people who fail, I think in many cases it’s not fear. Everyone experiences fear. The difference is what do you do with your fear. Do you work to overcome it or do you let it defeat you? And I think that is actually what distinguishes very successful people from others.

Religious liberty must be protected in this country. It's a principle upon which we were founded.

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

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

We have a lot of argument about laws but none of it solves the problem. Let's examine what happened, why did we miss the Tsarnaev brothers, why did we miss the San Bernardino couple? It wasn't because we had stopped collected metadata it was because, I think, as someone who comes from the technology world, we were using the wrong algorithms.

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

I have advocated for rolling back regulations, simplifying the tax code and moving to zero-based budgeting - policies that will support small businesses and raise up the middle class.

The highest calling of leadership is to unlock the potential of others.

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

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

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.

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

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

Tim Cook has been asked a very specific question, in public by the way, and Tim Cook has refused in public. I don't blame him for that. I will guarantee you that there are all kinds of things that the private sector can be doing to be helpful, and they have not been engaged.

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

I think our nation is at a pivotal point. Too many people fear that we are losing the sense of limitless possibility that has always defined this nation.

While lawyers are arguing about the PATRIOT Act or the America Freedom Act, the point is, the terrorists have moved on, the technologists have moved on, and we, the United States of America, are not taking advantage of the latest and greatest in technology the terrorists are. We need to get smart about it.

I have been tested in many ways, personally, I have beaten breast cancer, I buried a child to addiction. Professionally, you cannot go from being a secretary of nine-person real estate firm to the chief executive of the largest technology company in the world without having been tested over and over and over.

When America does not lead, the world is a dangerous and a tragic place. This is a bad deal. [Barack] Obama broke every rule of negotiation.Yes, our allies are not perfect, but Iran is at the heart of most of the evil that is going on in the Middle East through their proxy.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two bloated and corrupt government-sponsored programs - contributed heavily to the crisis.In order to prevent another crisis, we need to do what we should have done years ago - reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We also need to repeal Dodd-Frank, the Democrats' failed solution. Under Dodd-Frank, 10 banks too big to fail have become five banks too big to fail. Thousands of community banks have gone out of business.

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 come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

When our embassy is attacked in Benghazi by terrorists and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Russia invades Ukraine and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Syria crosses the red line and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Iran launches tests of ballistic missiles and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When North Korea attacks Sony Pictures and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. In other words, Mrs. Clinton, you cannot lead from behind. We must respond when we are attacked or provoked.

I do not support Common Core because there is absolutely no evidence that a big, centralized bureaucracy makes anything better. In fact, there is a lot of evidence to the contrary.

We must continue to show tolerance for those whose opinions and sincerely held beliefs differ from our own. We must lead by example, finding a way to respect one another and to celebrate a culture that protects religious freedom while promoting equality under the law.

Kim Jong-Un is a dangerous leader, without a doubt. And both Republican and Democrat administrations have been completely ineffective in dealing with him. So we must continue to isolate him. We will need China as part of that strategy.

I will support a low, flat tax for businesses and individuals so that we fix the tax base and grow the economy.

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.

But unlike Hillary Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.

Citizens, it is time to take our country back from the political class, from the media, from the liberal elite.

There's a whole company called Palantir that does nothing but derive and create algorithms riches to search through big data. We're not using their capabilities. For heaven's sake, some of this is just ineptitude.

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.

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