Harry Miller Quotations

We need a senator who will ask the right questions in the run-up to any conflict and not simply serve as a partisan cheerleader for whoever happens to be sitting in the White House.

If they want to come out, that's fine. It doesn't bother me. This is a campaign, and we have different points of view. Clearly Mr. Webb has been a Republican all his life, so he has a different view of the world than I do.

The people who are here are here because they are committed to making sure that we all work together for the betterment of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States. Frankly, I find that most of the people here have already made up their minds. Most of the people here are pretty politically involved one way or another and they already have got their commitments. I am not sure that I will convince a lot of voters today.

What I see is a stable of salivating legal factories gearing up. Is it prudent or responsible for Congress to wait for the inevitable flood or do what it can to provide sandbags now?

Most companies will tell you there have been lots of silver linings.

The shortage of IT workers has changed the nature of the position of HR (human resources) director, for one, because employee retention has become almost an overwhelming issue, ... Companies might have seen a 10-to-12 percent turnover rate a few years ago, if lucky -- the turnover rate is now more like 20 percent plus. People are stealing employees from one another left and right, and employee loyalty, frankly, runs only as deep as what the company can offer.

Now, I'm a businessman. If these people were working for me, they'd be out the door. They'd be fired right away.

Young people are determined very early in their lives, and those who have those chances early on are the ones who are going to succeed.

This country is bankrupt. If it weren't for investors from China and Japan, our biggest competitors, buying our debt each week, the U.S. couldn't even pay its bills. We have to make this a priority. We have to get this country back on a business-like, sound financial footing as soon as possible.

It's like we've been presented with four fancy sports cars we'd all love to own. But now it's not clear which one to pick.

The U.S. government's commitment to continuing to pump out these graduates began to drop off in 1970s. The space race had been won. There was a recession in the late 1960s. The country was hurt by the oil crisis in the early 1970s. And the country had moved away from the attitude of the 1960s that you could solve the world's problems with government spending.

I'm dissatisfied, and I believe the people of Virginia are dissatisfied, with the direction this country is going. Unless we begin to focus on the real problems in Washington, the way Governor Warner has here in Virginia, we're never going to meet the challenges we face.

I'm finding consistently in all parts of Virginia that people are sick and tired of the mess in Washington. As a businessman and technology executive, I have the background and experience for real solutions to real problems.

I don't see what's going to change it except getting more workers.

The impact on our industry will be minimal. We have studiously worked to maintain a relationship with both sides of the aisle.