Virginia Postrel Quotes

Society needs both parents and nonparents, both the work party and the home party. While raising children is the most important work most people will do, not everyone is cut out for parenthood. And, as many a childless teacher has proved, raising kids is not the only important contribution a person can make to their future.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHomeFutureChildrenTeacher

I began writing with a Michael Buble mentality. I think he's fantastic, and it's the perfect music for any date night, ever.

Joe Jonas

MusicWritingNightThinkPerfect

'Southcliffe' is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.

Joe Dempsie

DarknessPeopleFaceAbilityAnthem

Facebook is terrifying to the traditional games biz.

Jesse Schell

GamesFacebookTraditionalTerrifying

When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction.

John Madden

SayingToughDirectionYouGoKnow

I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not.

Jeff Tweedy

PowerArtThinkFeelYouContent

I'm a shy human being.

Ang Lee

ShyHumanHuman BeingBeing

America's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence.

Jeff Greene

ExpectationsBetterAmericaLifestyle

There are many fronts in the fight to make voting easier for all.

Amy Klobuchar

FightVotingMakeEasierMany

Empowering yourself is an essential component to building mental strength and creating the kind of life you want.

Amy Morin

LifeStrengthYourselfBuildingYou

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Robert Anton Wilson

CorruptEverybodyThemselvesExcept

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it.

Roald Dahl

FatherSmallSmall TownWhoBroke

I left Guiding Light so many times, they ran out of champagne.

Michael Zaslow

LightOutChampagneLeftGuiding

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