David Epstein Quotes


You talk to mayors and council members in these river communities and they know every street in town. It's almost a prerequisite for their jobs. But very, very few know the river. It's a forgotten river. - David Epstein



We're in a republic, not a democracy. The founders were very careful to say they were worried about allowing people to directly elect representatives. - David Epstein



Two years ago our industry was pegged to be an $80 billion industry, and about 5 percent of that, or $4 billion, outsourced... Some new data we looked at shows that this industry by the year 2,000 will go to about $120 billion, with about $23 billion being outsourced. - David Epstein