"If people think that the time they're living in is dull compared to some mythical time they've heard about, then it's up to them to make it more interesting, or to find what actually is interesting in their own." –Greil Marcus, veteran rock writer

“Everywhere, Steve Jobs has been helping media consumers take media away from the media business itself…. iPods, Razr phones, BlackBerrys, plasma screens, Xboxes, TiVos, laptops. Machines are habituating, behavior-changing things.” –Michael Wolff, “Vanity Fair” columnist

“The proliferation of media makes it almost impossible for traditional advertising to start a trend or reverse one once it’s started.” –Ken Kurson, “Esquire” columnist

“There’s so much stuff coming at people all the time that I’ve tried to be pretty quiet these last few years…. Too much information steals your imagination.” –Chrissie Hynde, singer-songwriter-guitarist for The Pretenders

“I just hope that by publishing tips and stories of people who have gotten in trouble because of what they've said on their MySpace, Facebook, or personal blogs, people will pay closer attention to what they put online for the world to see.” –Nii Ahene, co-creator of Bruinpied.com, a site that posts cautionary tales from would-be employees who’ve been Googled by corporate recruiters