“The best-selling CD in the country is blank.”
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, on feeling burned by his fans, Wired News, 5 May 2004
NO MORE FRIENDS AND FAMILY
“I was thinking about clearing off my desk and trying to get home for dinner.”
Convicted investment banker Frank Quattrone, explaining what he was thinking when he sent an email instructing underlings to “clean up” their files, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2004
OUR PRODUCT ROADMAP: FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, AND DOUBT
“I can’t speak to what … Longhorn will be.”
Microsoft product manager Mario Juarez, displaying a charming coyness on what, exactly, his colleagues will be up to for the next two years, News.com, 5 May 2004
SHORT TEMPER
“I don’t give a fuck about your stock price!”
Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg, delicately sharing his feelings with XM Satellite Radio CEO Hugh Panero, Wired, May 2004
MARKET FARCES
“If we don’t enter this market, then exactly what happened to the music industry could happen to us.”
BBC new media director Ashley Highfield, on the fear that failing to post the Beeb’s programming online could lead to bloated salaries and ridiculously overpriced product, 3 May 2004
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