“The marketing department uses many advanced techniques to match products and buyers in a way that mximizes profits. For example, they give away keychains.”

“Conversation is more than the sum of the words. It isalso a way of signaling the importance of another person byshowing your willingness to give that person your rarestresource: time. It is a way of conveying respect. Conversationreminds us that we are part of a greater whole, connected insome way that transcends duty or bloodline or commerce.Conversation can be many things, but it can never be useless.”

“The main difference between marketing and fraud is that criminals have to pay for their own alcohol.”

“If you want to kill an idea without being identified as the assassin, suggest that the legal department take a look at it.”

“The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.”

“The first time you see something that you have never seen before, you almost always know right away if you should eat it or run away from it.”

“Everything he talked about had a kind of logic to it, but so do many things that are nonsense.”