You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.
Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns.
You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up.

