Virginia Postrel Quotes

Persuasion has become a kind of force. The more the advertiser knows about what consumers want, and the more desires the product and packaging seek to fulfill, the more coercive the force.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PersuasionWantKindBecomeMore

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.

Andrew J. Bernstein

LifeFamilyNatureSuccessMoney

Making a pilot is never a seamless process. If it is, it usually tanks.

Max Greenfield

ProcessPilotNeverTanksMaking

I've become accustomed to playing the good guy - maybe a rough exterior, but a heart of gold in there somewhere.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

GoodHeartGoldBecomePlayingGuy

O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!

John Wesley

HeartMeMy OwnNeverFollowOver

I like vaporous clothing with flowers and colors.

Ana de Armas

FlowersColorsClothingLike

So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years.

Steve Case

PartnershipsYearsFiveCriticalDid

A lot of kids only know 'E.T.' from the digitally-enhanced version.

Steven Spielberg

KnowOnlyKidsVersionLot

I just got into Mike Tyson. My security people kept saying, 'Haven't you seen him yet?' Well, I finally did, and he's got a real knockout punch.

Aretha Franklin

PeopleSayingYouSecurityRealHim

To be a striker you need to be in good shape.

Pele

GoodYouNeedShapeGood Shape

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Thomas Jefferson

CreditYouAimDutyWillFail

One thing that I would like to get across is that even the most horrible events do have explanations that we can understand. And it's not always comfortable for us to understand, because in order to understand, we have to see how we're not so far away from the people in question.

Timothy D. Snyder

PeopleFar AwayUnderstandSeeOrder

I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.

Linus Torvalds

PositiveHappyThinkYouPersonSee

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