Commodity Quotes

378 quotes by 310 authors

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best… — Morihei Ueshiba
IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all… — Gary Vaynerchuk
In February 2003, I signed a three-year contract with MSNBC to host a talk show. Having recently decided not to run again for governor of… — Jesse Ventura
The capitalist system is about taking from the Earth and from the other great commodity, labour. What's happening with this system is that the rich… — Vivienne Westwood
New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you… — Fred Wilson
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become. — Kurt Vonnegut
The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressively to the… — Herbert Marcuse
Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it. — Rene Descartes
One of the cheapest commodities in the world is unfulfilled genius. All of us want to be known as a unique individual, the one who… — Leon Uris
Conversation: A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe… — Ambrose Bierce
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it… — Penelope Fitzgerald
Prayer that craves a particular commodityâ€”anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Modern man has transformed himself into a commodity; he experiences his life energy as an investment with which he should make the highest profit, considering… — Erich Fromm
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their peers, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a… — Robert Kennedy
It is my belief...that the talents every child has, regardless of his official 'I.Q,' could stay with him through life, to enrich him and everybody… — Doris Lessing
When you're cooking with food as alive as this -- these gorgeous and semigorgeous fruits and leaves and flesh -- you're in no danger of… — Michael Pollan
A novel is a commodity that fulfills a certain need; people need to buy daydreams like they need to buy ice cream or aspirin or… — John Dos Passos
The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way… — Terry Pratchett
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with… — Michael Parenti
Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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