Virginia Postrel Quotes

Religion, art, and science flourish best in a free society. True, freedom does not afford much opportunity for grand gestures. It has little room for martyrs. But life is not supposed to be about dying well. It is about living well.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeOpportunityFreedomScienceArt

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Jim Morrison

PeopleGenerationDivorceNewWant

The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved.

John Marshall Harlan

ManLawColorLandCivil Rights

Those who own the country ought to govern it.

John Jay

CountryOwnWhoGovernThoseOught

When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I see.

Michael Jackson

LoveGodChildrenFaceWhySee

I grew up with brothers, and we would play-fight a lot.

Tracy Spiridakos

UpWouldBrothersLotGrew

I am both astonished and honored beyond expression to be chosen as your 2011 Christian Statesman of the Year.

Trent Franks

I AmChristianYearBeyondHonored

It's something that I am going over in my head about the whole video game thing, and whether you support violence by being in a film like this. I mean, to me, it's incredibly unreal and it's all about the action, and just explosions.

Rosamund Pike

I AmSupportMeActionGameYou

When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love.

Rufus Wainwright

LifeWorkLoveFatherMotherThree

What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow.

Mary Harris Jones

GoodManAmericanEnoughCitizen

I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.

Michelle Hunziker

PeopleFindAcceptWayMust

I was shy and really into my school work and my drama. Then I joined 'EastEnders' at 16, and it was work, work, work. You become very isolated. I rarely went out and so didn't get to meet anyone.

Michelle Ryan

WorkSchoolYouDramaMeetBecome

There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control.

Jason Blum

ControlYouGoSuccessfulMovieToo

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