Fiorina Quotes & Sayings

We need a different kind of leadership in the White House that understands how to get bureaucracies competent again. — Carly Fiorina

People are angry that things as common sense as securing the border and eliminating sanctuary cities are being framed as extreme views. They are tired of empty rhetoric without action, and they are hungry for a leader from outside the professional political class. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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

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

Once I dive in, I dive in all the way. — Carly Fiorina

What is that hair? So yesterday. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

So to Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Christine Quinn, Susana Martinez, Meg Whitman, Sheryl Sandberg, Carly Fiorina and every other woman out there who has ever felt more like a professional juggler than a politician, you are our best hope! Run sister, run. — Nicolle Wallace

Whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you thought would be resolved - the political class has failed you. — Carly Fiorina

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

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. — Carly Fiorina

All the pundits and D.C. insiders thought I'd never be standing on the main stage. I am and I'm going to stay there. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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

I will reform our broken visa system. Nearly half of the people in this country illegally came here on legal visas and simply never left. We need to fix that. — Carly Fiorina

It would be a disaster to have Sarah Palin or Carly Fiorina in the White House, so it's not just a woman, but a woman who stands for the majority needs of women. It's not just getting a job for one woman, it's making life better for all women. — Gloria Steinem

When I said clean, I meant he [Barack Obama] was bright. Like when [Donald] Trump said about Carly [Fiorina], "face" he meant "persona." — Joe Biden

I will not speak to Vladimir Putin personally until we've rebuilt the 6th Fleet a little bit right under his nose; rebuilt the missile defense program in Poland right under his nose; and conducted a few military exercises in the Baltic states. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

Today Carly Fiorina announced that she is running for president. Someone else bought 'CarlyFiorina' and posted 30,000 sad emoticons to represent all the people she laid off at Hewlett-Packard. I haven't seen that many sad, blank faces in one place since the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. — Jimmy Fallon

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.' — Carly Fiorina

We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it, — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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

I know our policies work best to lift young men and women up - regardless of their background - so that they can choose their own path and live lives of dignity, purpose, and meaning. — Carly Fiorina

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is. — Carly Fiorina

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

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. — Carly Fiorina

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

I think Donald Trump taps into an anger that I hear every day. People are angry that a commonsense thing like securing the border or ending sanctuary cities is somehow considered extreme. It's not extreme; it's common sense. We need to secure the border. — Carly Fiorina

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Carly Fiorina

[Donald] Trump is a [Hillary] Clinton Christmas gift. — Carly Fiorina

The most effective way to beat Hillary Clinton is to remind voters of Hillary Clinton's behavior. — Carly Fiorina

Recall that Hillary Clinton was all for toppling [Moammar] Gadhafi then didn't listen to her own people on the ground. And then of course, when she lied about the terrorist attack in Benghazi, she invited more terrorist attacks. — Carly Fiorina

Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

Our government has become incompetent, unresponsive, corrupt. And that incompetence, ineptitude, lack of accountability is now dangerous. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

All of our effort should be focused on protecting the religious liberties and freedom of conscience for those Americans that profoundly disagree with the decision. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

I think when you've been a career politician for 34 years you have to run on your record. — Carly Fiorina

The people are fed up with the political class. — Carly Fiorina

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

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

Some of this is bureaucratic ineptitude and a great deal of this is an administration that doesn't understand the urgency of the situation, and therefore this [Barack Obama] administration has not reached out actively to the private sector and said, we need help. — Carly Fiorina

I do not agree that the court can or should redefine marriage. — Carly Fiorina

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

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. — Carly Fiorina

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

Donald Trump you're never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

I would've a whole lot rather had Carly Fiorina over there doing our negotiation than John Kerry. Maybe we would've gotten a deal where we didn't give everything away.But the issue for us is to have a Congress that stands up and says not only no, but hell no, to this money going to a [Iran] regime that is going to use it for terror ... — Rick Perry

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

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. — Carly Fiorina

I'm quoting Margaret Thatcher. I quote her frequently. — Carly Fiorina

I'm really paying attention. People make up their minds late. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

In World War II, the government went to the private sector. The government asked the private sector for help in doing things that the government could not do. The private sector complied. That is what I am suggesting. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

We need a top-to-bottom review of every economic development and assistance program we have to ensure that they encourage everyone to strive instead of settle, because there is dignity in all work. — Carly Fiorina

For heaven's sakes, every parent in America is checking social media and every employer is as well, but our government can't do it. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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

We also know that ISIS is recruiting who are not in those databases. So of course, we're going to miss them. And then we now learn that DHS says, "No, we can't check their social media." — Carly Fiorina

I will force Hillary Clinton to fight on the grounds of her lies and lack of trustworthiness, whether that's about e-mails, and servers and Benghazi. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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

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

Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

Women are not all single-issue voters. — Carly Fiorina

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

I was wrong about [Jack] Keane. He is the exception that proves the rule. I was certainly right about the fact that he is a member of the warrior class. — Carly Fiorina

I love Carly Fiorina's fire; she's feisty as heck. She really seems to fearlessly take the fight right to the doorstep of the Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton Foundation. — Nicolle Wallace

People who have been in and around government and politics their entire lives may not be able to see the truth. Our government must be fundamentally reformed. The system has to be changed. Our politics can no longer tinker on the edges. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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

Hillary Clinton is receiving criticism after telling a crowd to 'unlock their full potential,' because that line is commonly used by another possible candidate, Carly Fiorina. People said, 'You can't just steal someone's slogan like that!' And Hillary said, 'Yes we can!' — Jimmy Fallon

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. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

There are kind of four people up at the top, [Donald] Trump,[Marco] Rubio,[Ted] Cruz,[Ben] Carson, and then there's me and about three governors. I'm perfectly happy with that position right now, honestly, because when I started this race, I was 17 out of 16. The pollsters didn't even ask my name, because so few people knew me. — Carly Fiorina

I am a conservative and proud of it. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina

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. — Carly Fiorina