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“I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.”
Source : "Debbie Gibson: Out of the Blue and on Celebrity Apprentice". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2012.
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“Only power can get people into a position where they may be noble.”
Source : Quoted in M Korda Power in the Office (1976).
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“Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net..”
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“Ask any Ferrari, Porsche or Ray-Ban salesperson about their average customer and you will very likely hear that he is not, as the adverts would have us believe, a virile young footballer with shiny hair, a rippling six pack and a trouser pouch like a new punch bag. He is, in fact, a middle-aged bloke wearing more chins than he started life with and carrying the clear evidence of forty years of beer and pies slung across his midriff.”
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“Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, my friend.”
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“There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.”
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“Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph.”
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“Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.”
Source : "Warmth In Architecture: Why Grand Central Station Loves Us And Penn Station Could Care Less" by Michael Davis, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2013.