Elite Events Quotes

The frustration of our [The Daily] show is- very much outside any parameters of the media or the government. We don't have access to these people, we don't have access. We don't go to dinners we don't have cocktail parties. We don't you know, you've seen what happens when one of us ends up at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it doesn't end well.

Every year, the World Economic Forum decides on a theme for its meeting of the world's elite in Davos, Switzerland. Usually, it's highfalutin nonsense that no one understands and everyone ignores.

Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I'm one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.

There's no snobbery or resentment from serious polo people towards those who just come for the party.

I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.

People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.

[On public events attended by royalty:] It was the usual 'zoo tea.' You know, we eat - the others watch.

Often times I don't watch the Oscars because I say this isn't for me.

I'll go to an event wearing some designer gown and tens of thousands of dollars in jewels that were lent to me for the night, and I'll walk around and meet people who I always thought were such a big deal.

I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal.

I have been to a few A-list parties, but not massively. It's not my life, but it's fun dipping into it.

Ascot is so exclusive that it is the only racecourse in the world where the horses own the people.