Quotes by David Talbot

“Now I?m bringing my family, ... We come every year for the truck pull.”

“Salon is not necessarily pro-Bill Clinton. We have a lot of different viewpoints and when Congressman DeLay gets on the House floor today and accuses us of being in the White Houses pocket, its a bald-face lie... One of our editors called for his (Clintons) resignation recently, so Tom DeLay and the other, they know were not part of the spin machine. What theyre threatened by is our independence.”

“When Congressman DeLay gets on the House floor today and accuses us of being in the White Houses pocket, its a bold face lie ... were not part of the spin machine. What theyre threatened by is our independence.”

“In this environment, what I want to do is take my bet away from crude oil and move it downstream. That way youve got your finger in all the pies.”

“For the average user, the Internet these days all too often resembles New Yorks Times Square in the 1980s. It was exciting and vibrant, but you made sure to keep your head down, lest you be offered drugs, robbed, or harangued by the insane. Times Square has been cleaned up, but the Internet keeps getting worse.”

The first thing I am going to tell my successor is, dont trust the military men – even on military matters. JFK

Robert Kennedy was inspired to take on organized crime by watching the landmark movie On the Waterfront.

I came at age in the 60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedys campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed.

I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, Im thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely.