“This effect of certain of the manifestations of wealth in New York is, so far as I know, unique: nowhere else does pecuniary power so beat its wings in the void, and so look round it for the charity of some hint as to the possible awkwardness or possible grace of its motion, some sign of whether it be flying, for good taste, too high or too low.”

—Henry James, The American Scene

“I wish I was the editor of a magazine, and I could tell everybody what to do and think.”

—Courtney Love