Quotes by Jonathan Murray

“Life is too short to think small.”

“Until youve done it, ... you cant really understand what its like to have a camera on you 24-seven.”

“We thought of a family, in a sense, ... that we put together, just starting out and making decisions they had to live with. You never know what the dynamic is going to be once you put these seven larger-than-life characters together, so its hard to tell whats going to happen. Generally, we look for seven really interesting, really diverse people.”

“When you think of the number of hours that go into casting, shooting and assembling the tape into a coherent story, ... its not an easy process to do. For our audience, its a show thats very relate-able. Its a lot of fun to watch because you can see people have personal disasters, which is something our audience really enjoys watching.”

“But people living together in their 40s, its like: Is that pathetic? So there has to be a reason why these people live together.”

“Society will have to deal with some very substantial issues,”

“The rapid transition created by the network effect do not increase the digital divide.”

“What this family needs to do is what every family needs to do: create a budget.”

“Write down exactly what youre spending -- every time you go to the ATM, if you go to McDonalds, and if you get that pair of shoes, make sure you keep a ledger of it for at least two months.”

“If you opt into the plan, the first year, youre going to see an increase of 19.4 percent of the $100 -- so thats $119.40. So, you can see the first part of the program, youre much better opting in.”