Quotes by Meg Whitman

“You can kill a man but you cant kill an idea.”

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

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

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

“Most of us cant even begin to imagine.”

“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.”

“  Someone who needs cash might dig up a DVD player in the closet and sell it to someone else wanting to save money by buying a used item.”

“We want to help sellers grow even if that means off the marketplace -- beginning an exciting new chapter for you and your business, and for us as well.”

“Sometimes its a little bit like being a politician, ... We have work to do in understanding our users sentiments.”

“We saw very strong growth across every part of our business, ... Its wonderful to see such strength in our two largest marketplaces, the U.S. and Germany.”

“We want to evolve with you, ... Many of you thinking about giving up being on eBay, and why not?”

“is eager to work with law enforcement regarding alleged fraudulent items sold on the site.”

“While we do not have liability, we do have a responsibility to our community of users with respect to fraud prevention,”

“This alliance not only provides us significant customer acquisition opportunities, it serves as an important brand investment,”

“We are excited to start 1999 with strong first-quarter results and positive growth across all metrics,”

“We know we must provide continuous service for our community, and that we have let our community down, ... We will not rest until we make sure that this problem will not occur again and that we make things right for our users.”

“1999 was a terrific year of strong, profitable growth.”

“Its an area of opportunity for the company, ... The buying that is being transacted on eBay is now so large that we have the mass to go to UPS or Fedex and try to get a deal that would be beneficial to our community.”

“We are very pleased with our second-quarter results. Everyday the eBay marketplace becomes indispensable to more people and small businesses around the world.”

“Half.com expands the choices available for our existing buyers and sellers by adding the feature of fixed price.”