Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else. – Joseph Heller
The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). – David Mamet
I actually think that the economy has got some positives. Its got the market. Its got consumer confidence and its got banks throwing – I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world. – Jack Welch
