"A truly amazing web experience." —The Next Web
"The quintessential leader—no, powerhouse—for any team." —Harvard Business Review
"My magazine O was actually named after him, if you catch my drift." —Oprah
“I mean, the body.” —Claudia Schiffer, famous model
“It’s astounding, really, that someone as gentle and attune to the human condition could stare so stonily into the faces of his foes and run them through with a sword—crafted by his own hand, mind you—time and time and time and time again.” —Barbara Walters, famous television personality
"Quite frankly, the most authoritative, yet tender, voice on contemporary culture to emerge out of the 20th Century." —The Paris Review
"With all the conflated bios and self-fancying digital identities now strewn across society like nasty trip wire, it's nice to lunch and then nap with a real commando of character." —Kate Middleton, famous duchess
"I'm not ashamed to admit that he taught me how to use a sauce pan." —Thomas Keller, famous chef
"A doggone good guy." —Nelson Mandela, famous activist
“We had to withdraw him from competition. It was getting preposterous, superhuman. You can’t just scoop up gold medals like Skittles or M&M’s. And that he was soon after handing them out to passing orphans on the street, is well, very kind but not good press for the global games.” —Le Comité International Olympique
"A bulldog on the floor, this crazed carnivore leaves nothing on the bone." —The Financial Times
“While solving our plantation’s draught crisis and keeping our spirits afloat with rib-tickling, fireside tales, [Bedard] also managed to restructure our local economy into a roaring success, now a NASDAQ listing.” —Mobü, famous island native
"Clean lines and swagger, both figurative and in the figure. Christ, the cat's got the touch." —Norman Foster, famous architect
"The guy can walk, chew gum, and he makes me feel like an absolute buffoon on the basketball court.” —Bono, famous singer
“That dude? Well, it’s not the size of the dog in the fight—it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Ok, fine, it’s also the size of the dog.” —Mike Tyson, famous heavyweight boxing champion
"In terms of pure speed and agility, the answer couldn't be clearer." —United Nations
"The Europeans should be more than rosy cheeked. They should be flat out embarrassed." —Wine Spectator
"[Bedard] is a vision chronically wrought with hilarity, sensual insights, and vice ... a gargantuan library of ingenuity and poise." —The New Yorker
"Not since he helped me deliver twins have I had such a profound spiritual experience." —Condoleezza Rice, famous politician
"To the bucket like a freight train." —Lebron James, famous basketball player
"There's facts. There's figures. And then there's Bedard." —Forbes
"Grace under pressure? Try pressure under grace. No one, and we mean no one, is a match." —Golf Digest
"Don't knock it til you rock it." —Alice Munro, famous writer
"Well, simply put, the guy's a bloody dynamo. I'm blessed to report every morning to such a studied leader." —Richard Branson, famous tycoon
“I get asked that a lot, in fact—and I’m usually reluctant to share. But more often than not, the last thing said, sung almost, like some liberated bird song is… ‘Bedard, Bedard.’” —Jack Kevorkian, famous euthanasia practitioner
"He leaves me in stitches I tell you. Absolute stitches. And the BLT he makes for select buddies? Unbelievable." —Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, famous president
“Such grace! Such flair! With no room to spare!” —Lord Byron, famous poet
"To understand him is to understand him." —Arundhati Roy, famous thinker
“Looking for someone to hold your cracked and calloused hand, perhaps kiss your forehead, and toe you out to that very edge of our morbid existence, only for you to see there’s more than you ever imagined? I say take your chances.” —Christopher Hitchens, famous critic
“Well, it’s a bit of an ego-bruise, but really, we owe all the physics, laughs, and bravery to him.” —Buzz Aldrin, famous astronaut
“You can feel him, smell him even, coming your way… and I really do like it.” —Honoré de Balzac, famous writer
“Touching, kind, and he’s always up for Scrabble. And when it comes to issues of class and race, he’s a transcendental angel, a healer.” —Tracy Chapman, famous musician
"Don't mention eccentricity without a nod toward his chariot of panache and candor." —Jean Paul Gaultier, famous fashion designer
"Insane in the membrane, in the best of ways." —Aung San Suu Kyi, famous activist
“Fuck hyperbole. If I could capitalize, bold, and italicize every thing he’s told me and blast it across the airwaves, I’d do it.” —Ira Glass, famous radio personality
“Remarkable poems, remarkable prose, remarkable posture.” --The Atlantic Monthly
"The coolest white guy I know." —Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, famous neighborhood eccentric
“Un visionnaire!” Liberation
“The Great Leap Forward? Capitalism with Chinese characteristics? Industrial Shenzhen? All borrowed from the pages of one of his early memoirs, and with honor.” —Hu Jintao, famous political leader
“Courage.” –Sylvia Plath, famous writer
“The Free Market? Please. The guy redefined modern money as we know it.” —Alan Greenspan, famous economist
“We all know orchestras and symphonies to be staunch and inflexible, so to see someone take over like that in a matter of weeks is just breathtaking.” —The Vienna Philharmonic
"The quintessential leader—no, powerhouse—for any team." —Harvard Business Review
"My magazine O was actually named after him, if you catch my drift." —Oprah
“I mean, the body.” —Claudia Schiffer, famous model
“It’s astounding, really, that someone as gentle and attune to the human condition could stare so stonily into the faces of his foes and run them through with a sword—crafted by his own hand, mind you—time and time and time and time again.” —Barbara Walters, famous television personality
"Quite frankly, the most authoritative, yet tender, voice on contemporary culture to emerge out of the 20th Century." —The Paris Review
"With all the conflated bios and self-fancying digital identities now strewn across society like nasty trip wire, it's nice to lunch and then nap with a real commando of character." —Kate Middleton, famous duchess
"I'm not ashamed to admit that he taught me how to use a sauce pan." —Thomas Keller, famous chef
"A doggone good guy." —Nelson Mandela, famous activist
“We had to withdraw him from competition. It was getting preposterous, superhuman. You can’t just scoop up gold medals like Skittles or M&M’s. And that he was soon after handing them out to passing orphans on the street, is well, very kind but not good press for the global games.” —Le Comité International Olympique
"A bulldog on the floor, this crazed carnivore leaves nothing on the bone." —The Financial Times
“While solving our plantation’s draught crisis and keeping our spirits afloat with rib-tickling, fireside tales, [Bedard] also managed to restructure our local economy into a roaring success, now a NASDAQ listing.” —Mobü, famous island native
"Clean lines and swagger, both figurative and in the figure. Christ, the cat's got the touch." —Norman Foster, famous architect
"The guy can walk, chew gum, and he makes me feel like an absolute buffoon on the basketball court.” —Bono, famous singer
“That dude? Well, it’s not the size of the dog in the fight—it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Ok, fine, it’s also the size of the dog.” —Mike Tyson, famous heavyweight boxing champion
"In terms of pure speed and agility, the answer couldn't be clearer." —United Nations
"The Europeans should be more than rosy cheeked. They should be flat out embarrassed." —Wine Spectator
"[Bedard] is a vision chronically wrought with hilarity, sensual insights, and vice ... a gargantuan library of ingenuity and poise." —The New Yorker
"Not since he helped me deliver twins have I had such a profound spiritual experience." —Condoleezza Rice, famous politician
"To the bucket like a freight train." —Lebron James, famous basketball player
"There's facts. There's figures. And then there's Bedard." —Forbes
"Grace under pressure? Try pressure under grace. No one, and we mean no one, is a match." —Golf Digest
"Don't knock it til you rock it." —Alice Munro, famous writer
"Well, simply put, the guy's a bloody dynamo. I'm blessed to report every morning to such a studied leader." —Richard Branson, famous tycoon
“I get asked that a lot, in fact—and I’m usually reluctant to share. But more often than not, the last thing said, sung almost, like some liberated bird song is… ‘Bedard, Bedard.’” —Jack Kevorkian, famous euthanasia practitioner
"He leaves me in stitches I tell you. Absolute stitches. And the BLT he makes for select buddies? Unbelievable." —Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, famous president
“Such grace! Such flair! With no room to spare!” —Lord Byron, famous poet
"To understand him is to understand him." —Arundhati Roy, famous thinker
“Looking for someone to hold your cracked and calloused hand, perhaps kiss your forehead, and toe you out to that very edge of our morbid existence, only for you to see there’s more than you ever imagined? I say take your chances.” —Christopher Hitchens, famous critic
“Well, it’s a bit of an ego-bruise, but really, we owe all the physics, laughs, and bravery to him.” —Buzz Aldrin, famous astronaut
“You can feel him, smell him even, coming your way… and I really do like it.” —Honoré de Balzac, famous writer
“Touching, kind, and he’s always up for Scrabble. And when it comes to issues of class and race, he’s a transcendental angel, a healer.” —Tracy Chapman, famous musician
"Don't mention eccentricity without a nod toward his chariot of panache and candor." —Jean Paul Gaultier, famous fashion designer
"Insane in the membrane, in the best of ways." —Aung San Suu Kyi, famous activist
“Fuck hyperbole. If I could capitalize, bold, and italicize every thing he’s told me and blast it across the airwaves, I’d do it.” —Ira Glass, famous radio personality
“Remarkable poems, remarkable prose, remarkable posture.” --The Atlantic Monthly
"The coolest white guy I know." —Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, famous neighborhood eccentric
“Un visionnaire!” Liberation
“The Great Leap Forward? Capitalism with Chinese characteristics? Industrial Shenzhen? All borrowed from the pages of one of his early memoirs, and with honor.” —Hu Jintao, famous political leader
“Courage.” –Sylvia Plath, famous writer
“The Free Market? Please. The guy redefined modern money as we know it.” —Alan Greenspan, famous economist
“We all know orchestras and symphonies to be staunch and inflexible, so to see someone take over like that in a matter of weeks is just breathtaking.” —The Vienna Philharmonic