Goods Quotes

620 Goods quotes by 503 unique authors

Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods. — David Ricardo
Central heating, French rubber goods and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming necessity into art, and, of these, cookbooks are perhaps… — M.F.K. Fisher
The workman mindful of success, therefore, will naturally direct his attention to the faultless preparation of his stock, and in order to achieve this result,… — Auguste Escoffier
How can you put out a meaningful drama when every fifteen minutes proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? No dramatic art… — Rod Serling
Like gold, U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply. But the U.S. government has a technology, called… — Ben Bernanke
We were not foolish enough to try to make a currency [backed by] gold of which we had none, but for every mark that was… — Adolf Hitler
We might think of dollars as being 'certificates of performance.' The better I serve my fellow man, and the higher the value he places on… — Walter E. Williams
I do not believe making money in order to consume goods is mankind's sole purpose on this planet. — Bill Hicks
When we hear (as we sometimes do) that (Russia's) economic output is about half the level of a decade ago or that real incomes have… — Margaret Thatcher
The argument now that the spread of pop culture and consumer goods around the world represents the triumph of Western civilization trivializes Western culture. The… — Samuel P. Huntington
I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by… — Sebastiao Salgado
The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his… — Thorstein Veblen
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. — Thorstein Veblen
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and… — Thorstein Veblen
Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins. — Bernard Arnault
Money is the general medium of exchange. It is the thing for which all other goods are traded, the means of final payment for such… — Murray Rothbard
There's a man in the world who is never turned down, whatever he chances to stray; he gets the glad hand in the populous town,… — Walt Whitman
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. — Ambrose Bierce
I may be expediting the attainment of an object that will in time be found of great importance to mankind; so much so, that a… — George Cayley
Progress in manufacturing is measured by the production of high quality goods. The unit of progress for Lean Startups is validated learning-a rigorous method for… — Eric Ries
The causes of the China Incident were the exclusion and insult of Japan throughout China, the exclusion of Japanese goods, the persecution of Japanese residents… — Hideki Tojo
Societies in which most people depend for most of their goods and services on the personal whim, kindness, or skill of another are called underdeveloped,… — Ivan Illich
The City of London and Wall Street are not going to be great places to be in the next two or three decades. It's going… — Jim Rogers
We live in a world where our social system is old, our language is old, the way we acquire goods and services is outdated, our… — Jacque Fresco
Challenging unfairly subsidized products, fighting counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft and holding countries accountable for an unfair currency regime will help American companies remain… — Virginia Foxx

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