Scarce Quotes

187 Scarce quotes by 155 unique authors

The raven red, on ruby pinions winging its way between the worlds, hears dead men singing. It scarce knows it strength, the price it scarce… — Kerstin Gier
So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To live means to experience-through doing, feeling, thinking. Experience takes place in time, so time is the ultimate scarce resource we have. Over the years,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
When food becomes scarce, refugees often turn to desperate measures to feed themselves and their families. We are particularly worried about the health of the… — Antonio Guterres
A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing. — Herman Melville
Retailing has gone from an information-scarce to an information-rich environment. — Erik Brynjolfsson
Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of conflict,… — Geoff Mulgan
When I started Biocon in 1978, the obstacles I needed to navigate were manifold - ranging from infrastructural hurdles to issues related to my credibility… — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource,… — Adam Davidson
The financial doctrines so zealously followed by American companies might help optimize capital when it is scarce. But capital is abundant. If we are to… — Clayton Christensen
Busy people all make the same mistake: they assume they are short on time, which of course, they are. But time is not their only… — Sendhil Mullainathan
Mining asteroids is a well-oiled trope of science-fiction. But someday, actually doing it will make economic sense. Many of the essential metals of our society,… — Seth Shostak
Chains do more than bargain down prices from suppliers or divide fixed costs across a lot of units. They rapidly spread economic discovery - the… — Virginia Postrel
Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels… — Ban Ki-moon
Global warming will threaten our crops, so natural food will be scarce. Hourglass, curvy bodies will be the aspirational beauty standard, representing that those women… — Tyra Banks
Putting together a sustainable budget requires that we all work together, that we focus our scarce resources on key priorities, and that we strengthen our… — Roy Blunt
When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people… — William Lyon Mackenzie King
Evidence of epistasis from hybridization studies is more scarce. — Peter R. Grant
The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning, oil is becoming increasingly scarce. — Armstrong Williams
In the meantime, we see there are charities that spend much of their scarce resources that should be going directly to the children to overcome… — Dana Rohrabacher
If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, - it would… — David Ricardo
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. — Robert Half
The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more… — Mick Cornett
Of all the barbarous middle ages, that which is most barbarous is the middle age of man! it is - I really scarce know what;… — Lord Byron
The word SIMPLE sounds so cheap but everyone is trying to get it. It's scarce. — Terry Mark

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