“I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of p...” — Anna Quindlen Quote

“I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”

“The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a man she has just met in a bar a private one, and the decision to sleep with the same man for $100 subject to criminal penalties?”

“If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented The New York Review of Books.”

“For countries such as Kenya to emerge as economic powerhouses, they need better infrastructure: roads, ports, smart grids and power plants. Infrastructure is expensive, and takes a long time to build. In the meantime, hackers are building 'grassroots infrastructure,' using the mobile-phone system to build solutions that are ready for market.”

“We can't say to a Ticketmaster venue that says they want to use a different ticketing platform, 'If you do that, we won't put shows in your building.'”