Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically fall in line.

Every man in the back of their minds would like to own a bar or a racehorse.

Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell the world about global warming. It's funny, but in his civilian life Gore has discovered the voice that voters had trouble hearing when he ran for president in 2000. The voice he has found is clear, impassioned, and moving.

There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past so there's not much that's missing.

Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man.

Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.

Life is all about seating and lighting.