Oprah Winfrey Honors 'MSF' Gayle King at NYWICI 2010 Matrix Awards

You'd think Oprah Winfrey would be too bothered by a certain you-know-what to mention it at a high-profile event like New York Women in Communications' annual Matrix Awards. Yet, she says, it's her 'MSF' (mother sister friend) Gayle King who has needed the most consoling. "May I say the last week was a rough week for Gayle when a so-called biography came out. Every day she was getting herself more and more worked up about all of my new daddies. Somebody saying 'Hello, daughter. Call me. I need a new roof.'" Watch an excerpt from Winfrey's speech below and follow the click for a round-up of quotes from this year's honorees and presenters. Oprah Winfrey on pulling rank at O: Excuse you. I do not see a 'G' on this cover. On King leaving her job in television news to become O's editor at large:There would not be an 'O' without the commitment and the heart of the 'G.' Gayle King on Oprah: She is the best friend a person could ever have. On their both wearing orange at the event: I'm wearing my orange dress. I'm wearing two body slimmers, and I am IN it. NBC's Brian Williams: There is an elephant in the room... I don't know why a man was chosen to host this luncheon. In his closing remarks:We need you to remain seated until Oprah's plane clears New York airspace. Actress and writer Tina Fey: It's great that women support each other, but "do not try to get a job from me today." On her "twin" that day: When Sheryl [Crow] and I were getting dressed this morning... Katie Couric: While we are here with a few network queens -- No, Brian. We are not talking about you. Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products & user experience, Google: Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter. Sheryl Crow, singer: "New York was there for me when I was without a country. It was 1997, and I was at the end of the second of my three engagements. I love being engaged." Susan Shira, foreign editor, The New York Times: I dared to want two things: work and family. SNL's Seth Myers: I'm half the writer Tina Fey is, but twice as good having worked with her. On the Matrix Awards: My mother told me learn good table manners, 'cause you never know when you're gonna eat in front of a thousand women. Anna Quindlen, author and journalist: [Ina Garten] is the best friend of home cooking... She wants us all to be happy and full and to have dessert afterwards. CBS' Lesley Stahl: [Doris Kearns Goodwin] is an expert on, I think, just about everything. You could just hear her on Jeopardy: 'Alex, I think I'll take all human knowledge for $1,000.' Related: The New York Women In Communications 2010 Matrix Awards Red Carpet

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Oprah Winfrey Honors 'MSF' Gayle King at NYWICI 2010 Matrix Awards

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