Scarcity Quotes

128 quotes by 109 authors

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of… — John Berger
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. — Truman Capote
Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. — Maya Angelou
God says to us, "Pray, because I have all kinds of things for you; and when you ask, you will receive. I have all this… — Jim Cymbala
My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there are unused resources… — Milton Friedman
The cause of poverty is not scarcity. It is fear and small thinking. — Alan Cohen
The journey to financial freedom starts the MINUTE you decide you were destined for prosperity, not scarcity- for abundance, not lack. Isn't there a part… — Mark Victor Hansen
People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that… — Stephen Covey
The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if… — Pliny the Elder
The first step toward discarding a scarcity mentality involves giving thanks for everything that you have. — Wayne Dyer
The mechanist is intimately convinced that a precise knowledge of the chemical constitution, structure, and properties of the various organelles of a cell will solve… — Andre Michel Lwoff
This curious faith is predicated on the notion that we will soon develop unlimited new sources of energy: domestic oil fields, shale oil, gasified coal,… — Wendell Berry
We have to prepare our cities for the increasing scarcity of resources by increasing their density and energy efficiency. — Mathis Wackernagel
The destruction of aquatic ecosystem health, and the increasing water scarcity, are in my opinion the most pressing environmental problems facing human kind. — Maude Barlow
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. — Edmund Burke
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
Extreme weather like the droughts in Russia, China and Brazil and the flooding in Pakistan and Australia [in 2010] have contributed to a level of… — John Beddington
There is no intrinsic reason for the scarcity of capital. — John Maynard Keynes
A genuine free enterprise system, without state-enforced artificial scarcities, artificial property rights or subsidies, would be like dynamite at the foundations of corporate power. — Kevin Carson
Money is a way of creating scarcity. — Peter Coyote

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