Scarce Quotes

187 quotes by 156 authors

We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. — Michelle Bachelet
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together:… — Francis Bacon
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. — Josh Billings
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some… — William Blake
To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading. — Jimmy Buffett
Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce. — Nick Carter
A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men… — Oswald Chambers
The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless the same with… — Lawrence Hargrave
It would cost Americans their jobs when they have to compete with millions of more [immigrants] for scarce jobs. — Lamar S. Smith
The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the relative size of… — Sun Tzu
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. — John Donne
Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself. — Thomas a Kempis
A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody is so much more ready… — Charles Lamb
I should think that people would be more interested in politics and all that is happening, rather than two lovebirds who are looking to wed.… — Yoko Ono
Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally, I would we could do… — William Shakespeare
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… — Samuel Johnson
There is scarce any one invention, which this nation has produced in our age, but it has some way or other been set forward by… — Robert Hooke
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For such things as you, I can scarce think there's any, ye're so slight. — William Shakespeare

Who Wrote These Scarce Quotes

156 authors contributed a total of 187 Scarce Quotes, led by these top contributors: