Scarcity Quotes

128 quotes by 109 authors

It is the effect of scarcity; oneâ€™s rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper. — Mohsin Hamid
What made traditional economies so radically different and so very fundamentally dangerous to Western economies were the traditional principles of prosperity of Creation versus scarcity… — Rebecca Adamson
Their elegant shape, showy colors, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form… — Henry Walter Bates
Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow. — Edwin Way Teale
Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live. — Steven Levitt
Why precisely do we want to change land ownership? The answer seems to me to be quite clear: to inhibit land speculation, to inhibit the… — E F Schumacher
It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support. — Michael Parenti
We live in a society either scarred by scarcity or spoiled by luxury. We have no idea how much is enough. We don't know when… — Sharif Abdullah
Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of… — Kenichi Fukui
If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons. — Seth Godin
A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of a moral resistance… — Ravi Zacharias
Discrimination is simply the act of choice. Scarcity requires us to choose; scarcity is the cause of discrimination! — Walter E. Williams
War is not the only form of violence imposed on people through inadequate social arrangements. Â There is also hunger, poverty and scarcity. Â The… — Jacque Fresco
If orange trees grew all over the country, you couldn't sell oranges. Â Do you understand that? Â So, all our decision making is based… — Jacque Fresco
People say that the monetary system produces incentive. Â This may be true in limited areas, but it also produces greed, embezzlement, corruption, pollution, jealousy,… — Jacque Fresco
You cannot advocate decency and ethics, you must design the conditions that eliminate the problems. Â In scarcity, people will tend to steal. Â If… — Jacque Fresco
Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood. — Walter Brueggemann
It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and… — Arthur Eddington
The reality is that we are all economists. We all deal with scarcity as we make choices and calculate how to ration various items and… — Kurt Bills
The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. — Thomas Love Peacock

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