Virginia Postrel Quotes

Socialism is about claims of justice, and it is also about money: about wealth, income, physical and financial capital. It is an ideology based on allocating economic resources. It may try to achieve that goal by nationalizing assets, by command-and-control regulation, or by taxation and redistribution.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

JusticeMoneySocialismFinancial

I'm not trying to say that it never hurt or that I never felt its sting, but I can honestly say that I never blamed anybody for racism. I have considered it more of a manifestation of humanity's problem rather than my personal problem.

Robert Guillaume

RacismHurtProblemTryingHumanity

We, in the late '60s, '70s and '80s, are acting like we have just discovered freedom and liberation. But I'm sure that many women have worked for that for such a long time.

Angeles Mastretta

WomenFreedomTimeLongLateActing

As a writer, I have this compulsion to take characters who appear formidable and bombard them with adversity until they crumble. What's interesting is watching them rise again, and seeing how they've changed and grown, if indeed they have.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

AdversityInterestingSeeingRise

Every thriller needs a good bad guy; without a bad guy, there's no thriller.

Michael Eklund

GoodBadBad GuyWithoutGuyNeeds

I think that people need a livable wage.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

PeopleThinkNeedWageI Think

It is an obvious fact that when an age is torn loose from its moorings and everyone is to some degree thrown on his own, most people can take steps to find and realize themselves.

Rollo May

AgePeopleFindRealizeDegreeOwn

I've never had a plan - it was just to try and get with the people you like to play with, and try to do the best you can.

Mick Ralphs

BestPeoplePlanYouPlayNever

You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming.

Moby

MomentExperienceYouFindOutOnly

Tony Bennett and me are all the same... and he's still singing. I don't know what else to do.

Johnny Mathis

MeSingingKnowSameStillHe

I'm living a boyhood dream.

Dimitri Payet

DreamLivingBoyhood

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Chuck Klosterman

MyselfFunMeWritingBookWrite

I really like proto-metal, so stuff like Pentagram is really great, and that's more in the vein of Sabbath and stuff like that.

Ty Segall

GreatMoreSabbathLikeStuffVein

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