Quote by Thorstein Veblen

"The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where one grew before."

"Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure."

"The idle curiosity is not so often a mark of the human female as of the male."

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."