Charles Koch and Paris Hilton in their own words

So what do Charles Koch and Paris Hilton have in common? The answer is not money, although that would also be true.

The correct answer is both are in the “What I’ve Learned” feature in Esquire magazine’s January issue. Clint Eastwood is on the cover.

Here are some snippets from the Koch interview:

“You can study the theory and learn the concepts of riding a bike forever, but until you practice them so you can do it without thinking, you don’t have knowledge of bike riding.”

“Most people in Wichita take maybe ten minutes to get to work. Just examine that, what that means in the quality of life. Ten minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.”

And from Paris:

“I put pheromones in a lot of my fragrances, and that attracts people to you. My new fragrance is called Fairy Dust. I’m dressed kind of like Tinkerbell.”

“Having a nightclub in your house really helps for having a party, because then you don’t need to go out.”

2 Comments

  1. cricketchirp
    Posted December 18, 2008 at 1:40 pm | Permalink

    Wow, those thoughts are so deep my pinky toe is almost covered in b.s.! I am so glad I wasted 30 seconds of my day to learn how shallow each of these people are.

  2. Jerry Siebenmark
    Posted December 18, 2008 at 4:54 pm | Permalink

    I think that there is great value in Koch’s two thoughts. Nothing shallow about his observations.