“Just as producers often give consumers things they want but didn't thi...” — Virginia Postrel Quote

“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.”

“The whole point of movie glamour was - and is - escape.”

“Bill Clinton has done some incredibly reckless, irresponsible things as president. But his campaign to expand Medicare entitlements has to rank among the worst.”

“The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics.”

“Communities are suffering, children are suffering, and our immigration policy appears in disarray.”

“Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off.”