#cal

And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#catching #groups #intolerant #parties #political

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#elizabeth #elizabeth i #giving #had #her

Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#because #behind #california #china #competitive

I answer that question by saying: 'Why Meg Whitman' which is: 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

#business #california #career #career politicians #done

I want to work with the teachers' union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting down a generation of California children. It's not acceptable. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#california #children #down #first #generation

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. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#businesses #california #easy #got #hard

We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#best #business #businesses #california #chief

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. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#california #happened #i #i think #now

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#bad #bad manners #called #humanity #manners

When I went to college, we had a very good local following, but stations only televised two or three NCAA games a season. And when I went to Europe, once in a while we had a good crowd, but usually not. ↗

— Sue Wicks

#crowd #europe #following #games #good