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 best part of living is knowing you survived."

"The world needs heroes."

"Life is too short to live poorly."

"I'd rather be an optimist and be wrong than a pessimist and be right"