Virginia Postrel Quotes

Just as producers often give consumers things they want but didn't think to ask for, consumers sometimes come up with surprising uses for new inventions. When a new product appears, it can uncover dissatisfactions and desires no one knew were there.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThinkNewSometimesWantAskUp

I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.

Joel Osteen

LifeGoodGood HealthHealthPrayer

I grew up thinking you're either a winner in the world, or you're not. I presumed I was not. I had no reason to think I would be, and my inclination is towards self-deprecation. I wish I'd known no one was judging my every move, but I'm still like this!

Jennifer Egan

WorldThinkThinkingWishWinnerUp

Of course everyone should have the right to get married. But I think people need to remember sometimes that we don't all need to be the same. There's thousands of different types of relationships that people can have, whether it's completely monogamous or it's not monogamous, or they're married, or they're single or whatever it is.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleThinkRememberSometimesNeed

My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me.

Michael Gove

MeCountryWillRightJudgment

I would vote for Bush if for no other reason than to be at the airport waving off all the people who say they are going to London if he wins again. Someone has got to stay behind.

Tom Wolfe

PeopleSomeoneSayVoteAirportOff

The older you get, of course, the knowingness of the truth - the ownership of knowing - is louder.

Robin Wright

TruthOwnershipYouKnowingGet

I'm not ashamed of any of my papers at all and I'm rather sick of snobs that tell us that they're bad papers, snobs who only read papers that no one else wants. I doubt if they read many papers at all.

Rupert Murdoch

SickDoubtBadTellAshamedUs

There is a natural link between the effective running of my businesses and the effective direction of philanthropic funds. I apply business principles to my philanthropic work so that maximum value is given to the causes I support.

Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi

WorkBusinessValueSupportNatural

My father and Mary Pickford were the reigning stars of not just Hollywood but of the world. Well, to bear my father's name was hard enough, but to work in pictures to boot was pretty foolhardy. In fact, my father was totally against it. He thought I should be off getting a good education and go into some safe profession.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

WorkEducationGoodStarsFather

Now, would we like to have that super quarterback? Absolutely. And if we have the opportunity to get that person or develop that person, that's what we'll do.

Bob McNair

OpportunityPersonNowQuarterback

I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

Bruce Springsteen

AttentionWanderGoWhateverBuy

No one's going to put in the effort you are for your career.

William Singe

EffortYouCareerGoingYourPut

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