Virginia Postrel Quotes

America is a mosaic not of groups but of individuals, each of whom carries a host of cultural influences, some chosen, some inherited, some absorbed by osmosis. That mosaic is held together by the pursuit of happiness, the most powerful mortar ever conceived. Left alone, it will long endure.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

Topics

HappinessAloneTogetherPowerful

I never thought of myself as a king. People really want you to be their deity. They forget the fact that you are a person who has feelings and doubts.

John Gutfreund

MyselfKingPeopleThoughtYouWant

When somebody wants to write an article attacking a scoring system or the influence of wine writers, who's right in the cross hairs? It's not Steve Tanzer, it's not Marvin Shanken, it's me. These other people, it's not like they don't have some influence, and I'm more than happy to share it.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

HappyPeopleMeInfluenceWineMore

All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.

Anna Akhmatova

DeathBlackAheadBeenBetrayed

I think that there was a lot of fantasy projected onto me, and that resulted in a reappropriation and re-characterization of who I am.

Amanda Knox

I AmMeThinkFantasyWhoI Think

I love to paint.

Sridevi

LovePaintI Love

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

Simone Weil

PurposeFalseBeingDeceivedAvoid

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

Mason Cooley

KnowWantRunOthersExampleHorses

When I hear people clapping at the wrong times, I think that's great. We have got a listener that's not used to going to - we have got a new listener.

Joshua Bell

GreatPeopleThinkWrongNewGoing

I grew up in Bulgaria in a small city on the Black Sea Coast, so I was very interested in the sea, marine life, and everything related to it. But it was also a very dark place at night, so I could see the stars. And I just got very interested in it.

Dimitar Sasselov

LifeStarsSeaCityNightSmall

I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training.

Deborah Bull

TrainingParentsThinkShapeI Think

In a world in which the United States does less, whatever set of calculations, other countries will tend to calculate - to move in one of two ways. Either they will assuage or, to use a more loaded term, appease the strongest power in the neighborhood with all the consequences of that, or they will determine to take matters into their own hands.

Richard N. Haass

PowerWorldHandsConsequencesWill

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

Noah Baumbach

GoodFriendGood FriendPeter

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