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“Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world.”
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“I waited patiently - years - for the pendulum to swing the other way, for men to start reading Jane Austen, learn how to knit, pretend to love cosmos, organize scrapbook parties, and make out with each other while we leer. And then we'd say, Yeah, he's a Cool Guy.”
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“I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.”
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“It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.”
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“Ronald Reagan was a traditionalist - who purposefully, effectively unleashed innovation and change in himself, in the nation, and in the world. He was a "great communicator" who achieved memorable intimacy with the people everywhere - yet he was often disengaged from his own family.”
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“I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.”
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“Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished.”
Source : "Everything I Know About Parenting I Learned From Leslie Nielsen" by Kevin Makice, www.wired.com. December 2, 2010.
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“Search as a paradigm will continue to be probably even increasingly important because the information that's out there is only going to grow exponentially - and the only way to sort through all that is by some form of search.”
Source : "Taking an open-minded approach". Interview with Jemima Kiss, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2009.