A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.
I have very eclectic tastes.
There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore.
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 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 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.
I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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.
Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.
Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.
I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.
I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
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.
You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
I've traveled around the world.
Women are not all single-issue voters.
You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.
I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality.
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.
Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
