Top 30 Meg Whitman Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.”

— Meg Whitman

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2. “When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.”

— Meg Whitman

3. “If you have fun at your job, I think you’re going to be more effective.”

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4. “Communications is at the heart of e-commerce and community.”

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5. “Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman whose impact on technology was felt beyond Silicon Valley. He will be remembered for the innovation he brought to market and the inspiration he brought to the world.”

— Meg Whitman

6. “To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.”

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7. “A business leader has to keep their organization focused on the mission. That sounds easy, but it can be tremendously challenging in today’s competitive and ever-changing business environment. A leader also has to motivate potential partners to join.”

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8. “Most of us can’t even begin to imagine.”

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9. “Success happens when good people with good intentions cooperate and work together over a shared interest. Believing that people are basically good is what fuels most inspired individuals. Cynics and pessimists do not change the world.”

— Meg Whitman

10. “Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce.”

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11. “When a small business grows like eBay did, it has a multiplier effect. It creates other small businesses that supply it with intellectual capital, goods and services.”

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12. “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.”

— Meg Whitman

13. “For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second best one was the acquisition of PayPal – the wallet on eBay.”

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14. “We believe people are basically good. We recognize and respect everyone as a unique individual. We believe everyone has something to contribute. We encourage people to treat others the way they want to be treated. We believe that an honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.”

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15. “A monkey could drive this train.”

— Meg Whitman

16. “We have always said that advertising is just the icing on the cake. It is not the cake.”

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17. “I think we can be the very best place to start a business, to grow a business, to invent a new technology, to change the world, to change the country. But we’ve got a lot of work to deliver a new California to the people of California.”

— Meg Whitman

18. “Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we’ve got to streamline regulation so it’s easy, not hard, to do business.”

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19. “My view is that, just as in many businesses, brands really matter. There will always be a role for destination sites. Eighty million users come to our destination. I think that will be the vast majority of our future business.”

— Meg Whitman

20. “Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what’s happened I think we’re now in the dream-breaking business.”

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21. “Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.”

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22. “I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who’s managed a budget, who’s led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda.”

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23. “You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track.”

— Meg Whitman

24. “If we don’t rededicate ourselves to education with the same attitude Americans have applied to going to the moon and fighting wars, the results will be profound. We will gradually lose our successful workforce.”

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25. “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.”

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26. “Sometimes it’s a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users sentiments.”

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27. “What’s sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good.”

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28. “I’m not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.”

— Meg Whitman

29. “Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It’s all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net...”

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30. “I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California.”

— Meg Whitman

31. “One good thing about California is we have quite a broad-based economy. We provide more fruits and vegetables and produce to the United States than any other state. So we have actually the single largest agricultural sector in the country.”

— Meg Whitman

32. “And I want to be able to – you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California.”

— Meg Whitman

33. “In my judgment, we have to avoid, at all costs, tax increases. That would be the worst possible thing to do and will make a bad economy even worse. Beyond that, targeted tax relief should be expanded upon.”

— Meg Whitman

34. “People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it’s a lot the same. It’s about the financial discipline of the bottom line, understanding your customers, segmenting your customers by their needs, and building a world-class management team.”

— Meg Whitman