158 Quotes by Gavin Newsom

I'm sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual.

If you're trying to understand why it is that certain things happen in Sacramento and certain things don't, at the end of the day, it comes down to the issue of incentives: We do what we're incentivized to do.

You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior.

I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.

The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.

There is nothing worse than a politician that gets defensive and starts attacking the media - and it always looks bad for the politician, because you sign up for this. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

We have rules that no longer are relevant to the world we're living in. Our regulatory system can't keep up.

You can love me or hate me and disagree with me, but you sure as hell know where I stand.

We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.