"With nearly three weeks having passed since talk-show host Oprah Winfrey last issued an official command, approximately 60 million Oprah Winfrey Show viewers are on standby, stationed in front of their television sets and patiently awaiting further instructions from their leader."-- Onion

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28906

, Sept. 9, 1998

"Oprah Winfrey has risen to a new level of guru. She's no longer just a successful talk-show host worth $1.4 billion, according to Forbes' most recent estimate. Over the past year, Winfrey, 52, has emerged as a spiritual leader for the new millennium, a moral voice of authority for the nation."-- USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-05-10-oprah_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA

, May 11, 2006