"Are paywalls the answer? They may be an answer — but to the wrong question." -- Forrester Research's Nick Thomas on paywalls

"Clearly, MySpace lost its way" -- Chase Carey, News Corp COO, on Myspace.

"If [the paywall] doesn't work then I'm in the s***." -- Paul Hayes, News International Managing Director.

"This generation, let’s call it the social generation, really does have a point of view. Their social life is their priority No. 1." -- Robert J. Bach, president of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division.

"Every single frame of a 3D movie gives you something to look at that is not necessary." -- Film critic Roger Ebert.

"Scarlett's first day on set in the Black Widow outfit. You've never heard a crew get so quiet so fast." -- Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau on Scarlett Johansson via Twitter.

"Tim is a good guy, but he's not a thinker. He's the status quo." -- Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer on Timothy Geithner, Obama's pick as the next Treasury Secretary.

"The people in Palm Beach, many of those people have been just ripped off by this sleazebag, and they'll never see the kind of money that they've seen." -- Real estate mogul Donald Trump on how some people he knew gave 100 percent of their net worth to Bernard Madoff for his Ponzi scheme.

"The level of devastation, both financial and on a human level, is astounding." -- Robert J. Ivanhoe, a lawyer representing investors in the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal.

"We were worried that some of the young people were being groomed by the more criminal element and pressured by their peers." -- The Association of Chief Police Officers on the prevalence of gangs using social networks to recruit new members.