Commodity Quotes

378 quotes by 310 authors

Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth". — Peter McWilliams
Money is misunderstood. The fact is if you want to be successful - the money will follow you. If you are a doctor, something else… — Frank Lowy
Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited. — James Gibbons
Experience has proved to me that real money made in speculating has been in commitments in a stock or commodity showing a profit right from… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
For those of us who have been diagnosed with cancer, time is a precious commodity. The time and distance from the scientist's lab bench to… — Larry Lucchino
My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit the subject. Develop… — William Zinsser
Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence of the people,… — Hubert H. Humphrey
It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return for manufactured commodities,… — David Ricardo
If the gains from trade in commodities are substantial, they are small compared to trade in ideas — David Landes
The first of all commodities to be exchanged is labour, and the freedom of man consists only in the exercise of the right to determine… — Henry Charles Carey
Money is different from all other commodities: other things being equal, more shoes, or more discoveries of oil or copper benefit society, since they help… — Murray Rothbard
The reward of commercial civilization is the ability to consume a never-ending array of products.There are limits beyond which commodities cannot be multiplied without preventing… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state. — Alexander Hamilton
The tendency of a national bank is to increase public and private credit. The former gives power to the state, for the protection of its… — Alexander Hamilton
Passive commerce . . . should thus . . . [compel us] to content ourselves with the first price of our commodities, and to see… — Alexander Hamilton
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. — Mark Twain
Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become… — Gary Hirshberg
No other commodity enjoys as much universal acceptability and marketability as gold. — Hans F. Sennholz
I will be a commodity, and I will be in demand and valuable. — Marie Calloway
I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without… — Cindy Sherman

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