I came across a few quotes in some stories I was reading today that were insightful, funny, or just good writing.

- 1964 National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy in a story about Nobel Prize winner Thomas C. Schelling

[As long as you are not bluffing…] a pound of threat is worth an ounce of action.

- Two quotes from a story about the disappointment with the new Motorola ROKR iPod cell phone.

…a hot gadget has to pretend to meet a need while actually fulfilling a want.

…the ROKR is more soccer mom than supermodel.

- From a story about the inflation economists are predicting.

Ford and General Motors may be struggling to keep their heads above water, but they're doing it by standing on the shoulders of their submerged auto-parts suppliers.