Originality is a rare commodity

Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen.

— William S. Burroughs

I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity.

— Robyn Davidson

I'll tell you what the public likes more than anything, it's the most rare commodity in the world - honesty.

— Merle Haggard

When it comes to your health, I recommend frequent doses of that rare commodity among Americans - common sense

— Vincent Askey

Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up!

— David Baldacci

Liberated souls are a rare commodity in this world. They are no better; it's just you, a little later, in the next act or…

— Frederick Lenz

“It takes strong, sound leadership, that correspondingly rare commodity, which is afflicted with neither an excess of pity nor callousness, to stand against the…

— Tim Macartney-Snape

“And loyalty is such a rare commodity when riches are involved.”

— Nalini Singh

“We want to possess what they’re not making any more, what not many others can get and what will distinguish us from others.”

— Gina Barreca

In our experience, what we have found is the rare commodity is a good management team. And good management teams manage through good and…

— Warren Stephens

Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, familiar thing that is…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Create with the heart; build with the mind.”

— Criss Jami

Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality,…

— Joanna Scott

Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others.

— Eric Hoffer