"When you're dealing with machines or anything that you build, it either works or it doesn't, no matter how good of a salesman you are."

"The advantage of the consumer businesses is they tend to be much broader-based, much larger number of customers, that tend to over time be a lot more predictable. The advantage of the enterprise companies is they are not as subject to consumer trend, fad, behavior."

"Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players."

"I feel like I'm constantly falling behind. I feel like every day I'm out of the office I'm falling behind."

"My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal agencies, and then ask each of my new agency heads to find another ten percent by drilling down. That's what you do in business to come up with approximately 20 percent cuts for the first fiscal year budget."

"Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars or the Hallmark Channel's 'Hero Dog Awards.'"

"Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business."

"And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office."