Quotes About Scarcity

Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

Except the pauper, that is to say, the man who cannot earn his living or pay his way, there is no possible definition of a poor man. Except

I was a runt from birth. Big nosed, black haired, skin scribbled with acne—let's admit I was no girl's idea of a catch. But war made me more attractive. Others dwindled as the ration cards were cut and cut again, halving those who looked like circus strongmen before the invasion. I had no muscle to lose. Like the shrews that kept scavenging while the dinosaurs toppled around them, I was built for deprivation.

Nos pasábamos los minutos sobrantes cazando ratas, que debían de haber pensado que la desaparición de los gatos de la ciudad era la respuesta a todas sus antiguas plegarias, hasta que comprendieron que ya no había nada que comer en la basura.

humans inventing rules to prevent other humans from getting access to tokens of a human concept, money—which is by its nature not scarce.

over the last decade I had little

Although oil is a commodity, it's still not a commodity like coffee, which, thank God, we will have with us always. At some point the oil will run out.

God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.

Land [is] the only thing God ain't making no more of.

Men can dig wells, but they can't create water.

Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.

Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money.

There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren't a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.

If only art were as rare as good taste.

To a hungry person, every bitter food is sweet. When the preferable is not available, the available becomes preferable!

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.

Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.

Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness.

The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win.

What worse you expect? World's cheapest thing is happiness and it is scarce.

Of course, we all need to have basic necessities met, such as good health care, good food, good education and good housing. But what is good? Having too much is bad, as having too little is also bad.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.