Virginia Postrel Quotes

I get very involved with my things, and they are not standard equipment.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

Different strokes, for different folks.

One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period

You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.

No two of our stores are the same.

I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's.

Real luxury is customization.

Every song, every form of art, clothing, shoes, it has to be special.

If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don't want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available.

I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all.

There are people who believe that a Dolce & Gabbana T-shirt is more stylish than a supermarket one, and there are people who believe the opposite. There is room for everyone.

These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.

I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.

Some people are passionate about aisles, others about window seats.

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

Personalization is everywhere. We are constantly asked, directly or indirectly, to create Our Own Whatever - containing and limited to our 'favorite sources of information.' Republicans do that; Democrats do it; environmentalists do it; terrorists do it; science fiction enthusiasts do it. That's a real problem, I think.

I love science fiction, but I have a hard time feeling for characters in a galaxy far away. Choosing movies is the one thing in my life where there's no compromising.

There are a lot of styles out there and, basically, people make a choice.

I think I know now, each team is different, each player is different. I don't believe everybody has got to be the same.

People don't like the same thing. You have to keep their attention.

I like people who are particular about what they want.

Everything is customised, from my watches to my phone. I like my things to be different.

Different people need different things.

Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.