Carly Fiorina Quotes (86 Quotes)


    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.


    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.

    One has to look beyond the immediate choice of it all



    Technology is changing so fast, that to bet a business on a proprietary technology, or on a single technology, commits an IT environment to becoming a legacy environment.

    The lesson I learned at that life marker was, love what you do, or don't do it.

    Cchoose to be brave and to keep moving forward. Don't let your options paralyze you.

    At the same time, I think it is also true that the level of overall IT spending continues to remain quite depressed, and pricing pressures continue to be very real.

    We're inventing the underlying infrastructure to enable all sorts of appliances to be print-capable,

    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.


    It makes us a more effective competitor, and an even more effective partner. If you don't believe it, watch.

    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.

    We've reached a natural transition point. Michael made a commitment to see the merger through, and now thanks to the hard work of the entire team, we are meeting or exceeding all of our integration targets,

    Revolution Health Group is driven by an exceptional vision informed by the experience of world-class entrepreneurs, business innovators and investors, ... I'm excited to join the board.

    A vendor neutral, standards-based approach must be adopted,

    She also indicated that consumer spending remains sluggish heading into the key holiday period. At this juncture what we're seeing is improvement in the enterprise market and a so-so consumer market, ... I wouldn't call it weak, but I wouldn't call it spectacular.

    We turned in very strong performance in our UNIX business. We now have a superb product lineup with more in the pipeline.

    Consumer spending in the U.S. slowed below even our own conservative estimates and corporate spending decelerated sharply,

    Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear

    Shareholders have every right to know the compensation of executives, ... But we cannot know information we have not yet decided.

    Appliances will proliferate, ... Things that you don't even think about today being appliances will become appliances.

    The opposition would like to distract you because they can't win their campaign on substance,

    With the Taiwan disruption, which affects, most especially, our PC business, we don't think we'll achieve the high end of the sales range and are more likely to come in closer to the low end,

    I'm very disappointed that we missed our (earnings per share) growth target this quarter due to the confluence of a number of issues that we now understand and are urgently addressing. I accept full responsibility for the shortfall.

    Completion of the FTC review marks a major milestone in the approval process, and we are now focused on winning the shareowner vote,

    She also said open-source software, such as Linux, is another key element in this new world. It is at its core open, ... this movement, of course, goes far beyond Linux.

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

    Connections matter more than ever today, and in a world where business and technology are inextricably linked, bringing together IT and communications into one seamless environment creates a solid foundation for growth. When we capitalize on our combined strengths, we not only take our own capabilities to a new level, but we then bring the very same standard of simplicity and excellence to our own customers, quickly, securely and reliably.

    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.

    It's now time for all of us--those who supported the merger and those who opposed it--to pull together for the benefit of the company.

    I think the company's HP's success will be my legacy. The company's failure will be my failure, with all the predictable consequences of that.

    This is an important milestone because ISS is a truly independent expert ... they concluded after very comprehensive process that this deal makes sense on the strategic logic, on the economic logic, that we can execute it ... we feel good about it.

    Today's world is full of uncertainty, and predictions are difficult. We're staying focused on what we can control -- maximizing our operating model leverage, delivering the best possible products and services, accelerating market share gains, staying on the offense and investing in growth,

    It is on the high end where we've been lagging. But today, just like we've changed the game in the low end, we will change the game in the high end.


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