We’ve highlighted seven memorable quotes from various New York-based events we covered in 2012. They deal with a range of topics: creativity, media relations, CEO visibility, producing original content, the risks of using celebrity spokespeople, teamwork, publicity and controversy.

1. “Grit is especially important when it comes to creativity. If it was easy, someone else would have done it.”

-Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine: How Creativity Works and former contributor to The New Yorker and Wired magazines, delivered a keynote at ARF’s Re:think conference in March. In the ensuing months, Lehrer saw his own career falter after being accused of plagiarism and quote fabrication–so he didn’t follow his own advice.

2. “Now it’s a better age between journalists and PR. There’s an absence of friction, and PR is part of the data stream.”

-David Carr, New York Times media reporter, spoke during Internet Week in May. Carr’s welcome though limited remarks on the dynamics of the relationship came in response to an audience question.

3. “A few companies with secure, confident CEOs take the lead on issues and speak out, but it’s hardly a universal practice.”

-Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman PR, addressed Ethisphere’s Best Practices in Ethics Communication event in June. His comments have since been echoed by others in the industry.

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Olbermann was there alongside Dan Patrick, his former co-host of ESPN’s SportsCenter, to mark the twentieth anniversary of “The Big Show,” as it was often called. They were joined by moderator James Miller, co-author of Those Guys have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. The far-ranging discussion covered their time from ESPN to the present, including vintage video clips and highlights from the broadcast.

In his introduction, Miller joked, “The timing for tonight’s event couldn’t be better since Keith has been out of the news for such a long time. Dan and I are hoping to put his name back in the papers.” Still, given all the recent media attention, Olbermann didn’t upstage Patrick. In fact, in response to an audience question regarding whether he arrived at the event using a car service (a reference to one of his issues with Current TV), he replied, “So as not to overwhelm this event I’ll only take one question regarding Current TV. I took the subway here and later I’ll walk home, muttering at myself.”

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