Scarcity Quotes

“Life of scarcity teaches creativity.”

— Jag Randhawa

Nothing creates cool like scarcity.

— Neil Blumenthal

In abundance prepare for scarcity.

— Mencius

“Scarcity brings clarity.”

— James A. Whittaker

The problem is not scarcity; the problem is power.

— Jim Stanford

There is a scarcity of writers in Bollywood.

— Priyadarshan

“Gratitude houses plenitude amidst scarcity.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

— Thomas Love Peacock

Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.

— Michel de Montaigne

Time is the scarcity, and it's the commodity we can't create any more of.

— Jim Mitchell

Scarcity of self value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence.

— Anonymous

“...there's not enough of anything to go around except people and death.”

— Saša Stanišić

“I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”

— Maya Angelou

In a business society, the emotional economy is an economy of scarcity.

— Margaret Halsey

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

— Seth Godin

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

— Samuel Johnson

Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice…

— Anonymous

“Hunter-gathers, by nature, store information for use, understanding that there may be a time when information is scarce.”

— Jud H. Copeland Brian C. O'Connor Jodi L. Kearns

My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there…

— Milton Friedman

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap as it becomes vulgar, and will no…

— Samuel Johnson

If we start with "limits" and a premise of scarcity and fear, it makes us fearful of each other, and that makes…

— Frances Moore Lappé

Scarcity Is Counting The Number Of Seeds In An Apple. Abundance Is Contemplating The Number Of Apples In A Seed. May You…

— Pacifiersucker

The scarcity that afflicts the world is not the fault of either science or nature. The cause is defective economic institutions which…

— Louis O. Kelso

An abundance of some good things is perfectly compatible with the scarcity of others; that life is everywhere precarious, man everywhere small.

— Joseph Wood Krutch

Since scarcity is the basic economic problem, if it does not exist then there is no reason for my economics course. Devoting…

— Kurt Bills

“Roberta said, ‘With such devices we have made a major step towards a true post-scarcity society. Hunger banished without labour, for ever.’…

— Terry Pratchett

The scarcity of truth is atoned for by the abundance of affidavits; if a rumor be impugned, its veracity is easily strengthened…

— Samuel Laman Blanchard

Everybody makes such a big deal today about team play because there's such a scarcity of it. Greed is a reason. You…

— Pete Carril

Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten…

— Kenichi Fukui

I love nature dearly and all creatures that contribute to make it what it is. I see the beauty in all expressions…

— Yossi Ghinsberg

“When content scarcity was the norm, we could live with a minimum of context. In a limited market, our editors became skilled…

— Hugh McGuire

Advertising is utterly unprofitable, and I could prove it to you in one week. End an ad with an offer to pay…

— Claude C. Hopkins

“It is deliberate policy to keep even the favoured groups somewhere near the brink of hardship, because a general state of scarcity…

— George Orwell

“To the extent that scarcity of land is natural, and absentee landlord claims are not enforced by the state, economic rent on…

— Anonymous

“Strategies that did well in competition with other strategies were not, however, those that maximized the returns to agents. Rather, we found…

— Kevin N Laland

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

— Enrique Badia

If orange trees grew all over the country, you couldn't sell oranges. Do you understand that? So, all our decision making is…

— Jacque Fresco

“The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface. The desert is a place of bones, where the innards…

— Vera Nazarian

Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It…

— Peter Block

“Today this key component of revolution—the gap between what people want, and indeed expect, and what they get—is being played out in…

— Chris Hedges