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.

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.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

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.

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.

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

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

I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.

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.

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

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?

To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

There are Tea Parties, and I would say plural, in California.

Look, you need technical skills to run a company.

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.