Quotes About Scarcity

Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.

you have nothing

There's more than enough for the many, but somehow never enough for the few

The World of Today, Few People have Everything while Many People have Nothing.

the supply of the milk of human kindness was short by several gallons

La lección que Anita saca de la discusión con su marido es bien clara: la justicia es un lujo al alcance de muy pocos.

The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls.

The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet-when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.

people do draw hateful conclusions like this all the time. People convince themselves that they have been robbed when they have not, in fact, been robbed. Such thinking comes from a wretched allegiance to the notion of scarcity—from the belief that the world is a place of dearth, and that there will never be enough of anything to go around.

People convince themselves that they have been robbed when they have not, in fact, been robbed. Such thinking comes from a wretched allegiance to the notion of scarcity - from the belief that the world is a place of dearth, and that there will never be enough of anything to go around.

People convince themselves that they have been robbed when they have not, in fact, been robbed. Such thinking comes from a wretched allegiance to the notion of scarcity—from the belief that the world is a place of dearth, and that there will never be enough of anything to go around. The motto of this mentality is: Somebody else got mine.

It is not what you have, it's what you don't have that counts.

We might as reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of paper, as whether value is governed by utility or cost of production.

he's always being told how lucky he is to have in a world where so many have so little

It was lucky for Fred that he had already published two solid articles and was in the eighteenth century, where good candidates are scarce. Fred

Los pueblos tienen en común que han conocido a la fuerza el hambre en uno u otro momento de su historia. La escasez crea vínculos. Y proporciona cosas que contar.".

El hombre se construye a partir de lo que ha conocido en el transcurso de los primeros meses de vida: si no ha experimentado hambre, será uno de los raros elegidos, o de esos raros malditos que no edificarán su existencia en torno a la carencia.".

Se sentir bien est une ambition absurdement exagérée quand se sentir est déjà si rare

For most of history, almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.

Food is a weapon - a very effective weapon. People don't cultivate, don't farm, you cut the road off, then you subjugate them very easily.

I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn't enough money to take care of the most basic of needs.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets. And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.