“I’ll tell you, that lady (Sarah Palin) is five times better looking than I am. She’s 44? She’s got none of that droopy stuff. She’s keeping it tight!” –Tina Fey to Vogue magazine.

“Hello, hello, can you hear me? I am on a bus. Yes, a bus! Can you believe it? I’ve gone from riding in a chauffeur-driven Rolls to the Hamptons to riding on a bus!” – Anonymous speaker on a cell phone aboard the Hampton Luxury Liner

“If someone is mean to you, make them a victim in your next book!" –Advice to Carol Higgins Clark from her famous mother Mary Higgins Clark as reported by Joan Jedell in The Hampton Sheet

“Twenty-three percent of married couples in the U.S. sleep in separate beds or rooms to avoid conflicts over snoring and bed-hogging and to get a good night’s sleep. –The National Sleep Foundation

“When I heard that John McCain’s running mate had children named Track, Willow, Bristol, Piper and Trig, I was floored … American children are no longer named after prophets, warriors, healers or cultural titans; they are named after Welsh fairies, characters in science fiction movies, the outer boroughs of New York, and trees.” –Joe Queenan in the L.A. Times

“Maybe it’ll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money than you can ever use. You can’t take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is it? As near as I can see, the only thing you can take with you is the love of your friends.” –The grandfather in the play "You Can’t Take It With You" by George Kaufman and Moss Hart

“I deliberately arrived in London one day later than Nicky Haslam’s party. I like Nicky. But I have had it with big meaningless parties filled with people exposing their attitudes. Nicky was in every local newspaper hugging Paris Hilton.  I did hear about the party because I think everyone else in England went and I have seen a lot of people since.”  —Anonymous  correspondent in answer to Liz’s query: “Did you go to the decorator Nicky Haslam’s big party?”

“Obama would be the better James Bond because he’d be willing to quite literally look the enemy in the eye and go toe-to-toe with them. McCain, because of his long service and experience, would probably be a better M. There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.” –Actor Daniel Craig, the current .007