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People Quotes by Virginia Postrel
- Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous.
- European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience…
- At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out.
- As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have a stock of durables in…
- The evergreen story of people in debt becomes even sexier in an economic downturn, when debts inevitably get harder to pay.
- When credit is cheaper to use and easier to arrange, people do use more of it.
- Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in public.…
- Clothing creates the illusion that bodies fit an aesthetically pleasing norm. And that illusion depends on getting the fit right. Garments that bunch, pull, or…
- Although people often equate them, glamour is not the same as beauty, stylishness, luxury, celebrity, or sex appeal. It is not limited to fashion or…
- The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores do…
- 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…
- Rising living standards - whether in a village, a region, a nation, or the world - depend first on specialization: on letting people concentrate on…
- The history of the Internet is not, as some people have tried to make it, a libertarian just-so story. It is a messy tale in…
- On the Internet, people on the tails of the bell curve can find one another.
- By giving unusual people an easy way to find one another, the Internet has also enabled them to pool rare talents, resources, and voices, then…
- On the Net, the bell curve reclaims its tails. The uncommon is as accessible as the common. The very fragmentation of the Internet allows us…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle