Taking a close look at all technical options is the right thing for them (AOL and MSN) to be doing.

Twitter is not a technology. It's a conversation and it's happening with or without you.

We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.

If you think you are in control, you're fooling yourself. As soon as you start listening, you realize you're not in control. And letting go will yield more and better results.

Companies need connections to their markets to create long-term loyalty.

Then they show up at the door and the reality is that they are 5-foot-8, 240 pounds and have not run a mile in years. A background check is not going to help you with that.

Leadership is defined not by the position you hold but by the people who follow you.

In theory, it makes a lot of sense to combine the two operations, especially on the back end. But merging the two actual portal consumer experiences into a unified site will be a nightmare.

The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search.

It's the same reason why someone has a Web page or why people feel comfortable going on reality TV.

need to let go of the need to be in control.

Men always seemed to growl and sniff around each other, bristling over nothing, and just as suddenly become buddies at the least likely moments.

Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

Working hard gets you started

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

It is not without reason that fame is awarded only after death. The cloud-dust of notoriety which follows and envelops the men who drive with the wind bewilders contemporary judgment.

At the airport if you refuse to be patted down, they arrest you. And what's the first thing they do when they arrest you? They pat you down.

I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that's great.

You don't know what's happening the next moment, in anybody's life, and you just have to pick up and move on and try to learn from the experience and make the best of it.

I get drawn in when I feel there is something deep and mysterious going on beneath the surface of something.

You can't be everything to everybody, but you can be everything to somebody. Don't lose the ones you love trying to please the world