Commodity Quotes

378 quotes by 310 authors

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and… — Bono
Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity. — Edward de Bono
Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. — Daniel J. Boorstin
A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as… — James Buchan
To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and… — James Buchan
Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil… — James Buchan
I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity… — David Byrne
Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter… — Helena Bonham Carter
A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not have an adequate… — Margaret Chan
I don't think coolness used to be such a commodity among adults. And now it is. — Diablo Cody
Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they… — Jon Stewart
People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They're thinking about what it means to live… — Tom Kundig
Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking… — Jan Morris
I don't have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the news, we are… — Ronald Reagan
It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life.… — Francesca Annis
Though negotiations are a rough game, you should never allow them to become a dirty game. Once you've agreed to a deal, don't back out… — Victor Kiam
In looking at waste as an entirely modern, man-made idea, I stopped viewing garbage as garbage and instead slowly started to see it as a… — Tom Szaky
[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a… — Marjory Stephenson
Faith is not a commodity we either have or don't have-it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest… — Sharon Salzberg

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