Virginia Postrel Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)
Virginia Postrel quotes and sayings page 7 (writer). Here's quote # 61 through 70 out of the 136 we have.
“Habituation is indeed a fact of human psychology. That's one reason we like novelty, including different cuts of jeans.”
“Science is about exploring the unknown and cannot offer guarantees.”
“Storage problems make neon signs the most ephemeral of commercial arts.”
“Before it became a ubiquitous part of urban life, Starbucks was, in most American cities, a radically new idea.”
“Like the 'test tube babies' born of in vitro fertilization, cloned children need not be identifiable, much less freaks or outcasts.”
“Surprise drives progress because innovation depends on the sort of knowledge no one can gather in a central place.”
“Wars without military objectives have a tendency to go on forever.”
“In mid-July 2007, after a routine mammogram, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As cancer diagnoses go, mine wasn't particularly scary. The affected area was small, and the surgeon seemed to think that a lumpectomy followed by radiation would eradicate the cancerous tissue.”
“In the fall of 1978, I left the religious, conservative, biracial, slow-paced culture of South Carolina for the secular, liberal, multi-ethnic, intense culture of Princeton University. Like most immigrants, I was looking for a better life in a place I only half understood.”
“Rising living standards - whether in a village, a region, a nation, or the world - depend first on specialization: on letting people concentrate on what they do best and trade with others who specialize in other things.”
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