Wars might come and go, but the seven o'clock news lives forever. - Lewis H. Lapham

The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.

We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible.

A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough merely to make money. He feels obliged to hold views, to espouse causes and elect Presidents, to explain to a trembling world how and why the world went wrong.