"L'homme qui a un peu use ses e motions est plus presse de plaire que d'aimer. The person who has used his emotions even a little is more anxious to please than to love."

“My definition of success is doing what you love. I feel many people do things because they feel they have to, and are hesitant to risk following their passion. And obviously, yeah, it's hard right now. But maybe there's a chance that if you get laid off, maybe that's your saving grace, your chance to restart.”

Source : Interview with Gary Cohn, Entrepreneur Magazine, October 2009.

“I think it reminds me of my childhood, my father, .. I think people have the same reaction. It reminds you of what it was like to be a kid, where everything is carefree and fun.”

“The appearances of the world are not the problem, it's clinging to them that causes suffering”

“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”

“I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.”

“I'm the person who says every single thing she thinks, sometimes to others' amusement, and almost always to my detriment.”

Source : Jen Lancaster (2010). “My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is t he New Black; Or, A Culture-Up Manifesto”, p.26, Penguin

“Shoulder ... shake ... a little lingerie!”

“I have a huge need for financial security; the emigrant in me has a fear of ending up homeless and in the gutter.”