The Dip creates scarcity; scarcity creates value

It's human nature to quit when it hurts. But it's that reflex that creates scarcity.

— Seth Godin

You have increasing poverty and increasing wealth. Fine food is one way to dispense with a lot of money... It's understanding that our daily…

— Frances Moore Lappé

“for 100 years the major labels, publishers, and studios created value in their industries by using their size to manage two forms of scarcity:…

— Michael D. Smith

“Certainly, it is a world of scarcity. But the scarcity is not confined to iron ore and arable land. The most constricting scarcities are…

— William R. Allen

If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.

— Seth Godin

“Do extremely difficult work. That seems obvious, right? If you do something that's valued but scarce because it's difficult, you're more likely to be…

— Seth Godin

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable to stand…

— Seth Godin

In the ages marked by scarcity and want, may I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

— Shantideva

Why precisely do we want to change land ownership? The answer seems to me to be quite clear: to inhibit land speculation, to inhibit…

— E. F. Schumacher

“Sometimes I think it's only post-scarcity that evil exists. Before that, it could always be put down to want or fear. It was possible…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

Capitalism has created a situation called scarcity. And that scarcity is not natural, it's socially induced. Along with that sense of scarcity, or feeling…

— Murray Bookchin

“It is not in vain that the strategic criterion of placing only short runs on the market prevails in order simultaneously to create a…

— Enrique Badia

“For an example of how perception of a limited supply can increase sales, look no further than Amazon.com. My recent search for a DVD…

— Nir Eyal

I like great directors who are scarce. Prolific ones are nice too but for me, there's something about the scarcity that makes it all…

— Adam Brody

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

— Thomas Fuller