The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before. - Thorstein Veblen
Invention is the mother of necessity. - Thorstein Veblen
No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive. - Thorstein Veblen
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. - Thorstein Veblen