Virginia Postrel Quotes

Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian George Lopez, who received a kidney from his wife.

Virginia Postrel

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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

F. H. Bradley
- Men
- Knowledge
- Wife
If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.

Barbara Bush
- Think
- Wife
- Be Prepared
It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.

Madchen Amick
- Great
- Wife
- Explore
If you ask an economist what's driven economic growth, it's been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.

Larry Page
- Society
- Problem
- Growth
My dad grew up with an avocado tree in his backyard. My entire family, my wife and daughters, they love avocado. I may well be allergic. It makes me physically sick.

Ted Cruz
- Up
- Family
- Love
The comedian can put the punchline out there, but it's the audience that receives it - and has to get it.

Rachel Sklar
- Audience
- Comedian
- Out