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.
To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
This world is clearly emerging before our eyes. The shifts ahead, the opportunities ahead are massive.
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.
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.
Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I am a conservative and proud of it.
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.
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.
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.
Don't think of yourself as a woman in business.
I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'
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.
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?
