Commodity Quotes

378 quotes by 310 authors

In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor. — Warren Buffett
Gold was not selected arbitrarily by governments to be the monetary standard. Gold had developed for many centuries on the free market as the best… — Murray Rothbard
The problem with commodities is that you are betting on what someone else would pay for them in six months. The commodity itself isn't going… — Warren Buffett
Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency...and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry. It's not for anything other… — Alan Greenspan
Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else's… — Robert Kiyosaki
Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag. — Jim Rogers
There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is not… — Barack Obama
Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years. — Jim Rogers
What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow ... As 'bandwagon' investors join any party, they create… — Warren Buffett
When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it… — T. Boone Pickens
All those commodities are going to have to rise in value as we are in short supply and we are printing too much money. — Peter Schiff
The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says… — Jim Rogers
The exchangeable value of all commodities rises as the difficulties of their production increase. — David Ricardo
Shale gas has provided the United States the opportunity to have 100 years of supply that is domestically produced. If we are going to develop… — Ken Salazar
Commodity exchanges have a lot of advantages. One, you are helping transparency. Two, they are not political. It's institutional building. It can survive any environment,… — Nicolas Berggruen
Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity. — Che Guevara
Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell. — Jeffrey R. Immelt
The function of entrepreneurs is to reform or revolutionize the pattern of production by exploiting an invention or, more generally, an untried technological possibility for… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, most people give it entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity… — Peter McWilliams
Fairness means not to use fraud and trickery in the exchange of commodities and services and the exchange of feelings...Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and… — Erich Fromm

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