"Fact: The new '90210' is cooler than the old '90210.' It's the lithe, streamlined Skipper to the elder series' venerable Barbie. Gone are the traditional parents - they've been replaced by a hipster mom n' pop who get busted necking in the car."

"Ah, reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene."

"I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke."

"I'm not an especially highbrow person, but I have always loved small, quirky, edgy movies."

"The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision."

"Poetry “is the suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions.”"

"Vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime."