“'CSI' has not only remained a top-rated show through seven seasons; it...” — Virginia Postrel Quote

“'CSI' has not only remained a top-rated show through seven seasons; it has had real-world consequences. Police and prosecutors complain of a 'CSI' effect' that leads juries to demand more physical evidence than they used to expect. College officials use the same term to describe spiking enrollment in forensic-science programs.”

“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 changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion.”

“If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.”

“Short-sellers perform a useful function in the market as conduits of negative information, and shorts often complain that they are discriminated against by regulators.”

“The French complain of everything, and always.”