Virginia Postrel Quotes

A standard 'well woman' checkup can last as little as 10 minutes, hardly time for any in-depth discussions.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeWomanLittleLastWellMinutes

Many people, men in particular, just can't not be active. I guess our minds demand that we seek other challenges.

Jerry West

MenPeopleChallengesMindsActive

Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency.

John C. Calhoun

WiseConsistencyActingCircumstances

I love the idea that we can dress all sorts of people, and they feel great in the dresses, and that make us feel good.

Jenny Packham

LoveGoodGreatDressPeopleFeel

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Jean Paul

BirthdayTimeFeathersBirthdaysOur

My mother always thought if her mother hadn't left her, she would have been happy. All the problems she had never would have happened.

Amy Tan

MotherHappyProblemsThoughtNever

Mr. Trump is an entertainer, bringing a rawness and wildness to the presidential race that no other candidate can come close to matching.

Anand Giridharadas

RaceMatchingCloseComeCandidate

I rinse my hair with Coca-Cola sometimes. I don't like my hair when it's washed - it's fine and limp - but Coca-Cola makes it tousled, like I've gone through the Amazon or something.

Suki Waterhouse

HairSometimesCoca-ColaGoneFine

When I'm good at something, I always try to be the best at it and claim that throne. Even in school, I never let anyone say anything to me; I would always be the smartest.

Stormzy

GoodBestSchoolMeSayNever

I get satisfaction out of making a meal for people that I love and having them enjoy it. But there's not really anything in my life that I do that's just for me that feeds my soul like music does.

Trisha Yearwood

LifeLoveMusicSoulPeopleMe

Cote de Pablo is one of my best friends! We went to college together.

Matt Bomer

BestTogetherCollegeFriends

When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical.

Jon Carroll

ToughGoingGetEmpiricalGets

I am a tender-hearted person, and I feel everything to the ninth degree.

Dolly Parton

I AmFeelPersonEverythingDegree

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