"And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California."

"You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education."

"Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it."

"It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero."

"There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find an Englishman doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong. He does everything on principle. He fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles."

"The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting."

"You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart."

"Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!"