"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."

"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."

"Politics exist in the boardroom, as well."

"I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true."

"The greatest weariness comes from work not done."

"Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock."

"If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be."

"I don't think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don't think they know how to run a trailer park."