Scarcity Quotes

128 Scarcity quotes by 109 unique authors

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
It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess. — Will Oldham
Godfulness is simply recognizing the primacy of a presence of love, spaciousness, grace, generativity, caring, and creativity in the world and in myself. How can… — David Spangler
We may tell ourselves that love is not really available. but the deeper truth is that we don't entirely trust it, and therefore have a… — John Welwood
People with a scarcity mentality think there is only so much in the world to go around. It's as if they see life as a… — Stephen Covey
It is our misfortune, as a historical generation, to live through the largest expansion in expressive capability in human history, a misfortune because abundance breaks… — Clay Shirky
GREED AND COMPETITION ARE NOT THE RESULT OF IMMUTABLE HUMAN TEMPERMENT…GREED AND FEAR OF SCARCITY ARE IN FACT BEING CREATED AND AMPLIFIED …THE DIRECT CONSEQUENCE… — Bernard Lietaer
Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy, — Frances Moore LappÃ©
Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness… — Peter Block
I love nature dearly and all creatures that contribute to make it what it is. I see the beauty in all expressions of life, and… — Yossi Ghinsberg
There is only one important resource which has shown a trend of increasing scarcity rather than increasing abundance. That resource is the most important of… — Julian Simon

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