Quotes About Rarity

God smiled on me in every sense. I was born a tenor, and you know what that means. Tenors are a rare commodity.

In a time when nothing is more certain than change, the commitment of two people to one another has become difficult and rare. Yet, by its scarcity, the beauty and value of this exchange have only been enhanced.

There are no rare texts. Wretched ones, to be sure, and luminous ones, but none of them rare.

How often does a man know, without question, that he has done well? I do not think it happens often in anyone's life, and it becomes even rarer once one has a child.

Well, somebody got the deluxe package." He turned at last to face the intruder. She was in her mid-to-late twenties. Wearing a no-muss T-shirt and jeans. She went without makeup, a rarity for L.A., and there was no jewelry either.

Now, seeing the newchild and its expression, he was reminded that the light eyes were not only a rarity but gave the one who had them a certain look—what was it? Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might lurk which hadn't been discovered yet.

Uncommon men are everywhere. So much so that the common man has become uncommon.

Miracles only happen when y' have done all you can, not before. Ye can ask for them, but ye might not get. But sometimes ye do. Sometimes they come without askin'. Oftentimes they can be explained by natural happenings, which perhaps they are, though timed just right. Above all, they are rare. Now mark me! There's one name for the man who claims to do miracles regularly, and that name is liar. Run from such a man.

That one is in despair is not a rarity; no, it is rare, very rare, that one is…not in despair.

Good advice Is Rarer Than Rubies

It was a rare thing to be granted one's heart's desire.

It is a rare thing to be granted your heart's desire.

To have the rewards that very few have, do the things that very few people are willing to do.

If someone is in the same state of mind and doesn't seek to block your success, you have a friend. Such friends are rare, and if you find such a friend, value them.

Success is like Halley's comet, you know. Every now and then it just comes around.

His was one of those rare organizations, endowed with an obedient intelligence like that of the dog;

Absolute excellence is rarely to be found in any legislation.

Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the male of the species.

Honest men are so very rare, they are often mistaken for criminals, for rebels, for madmen. What were your crimes, anyway, but to be different?

Mio caro, in questa banale faccenda ho nuovamente verificato che a questo mondo l'incomprensione e la pigrizia causano più errori dell'astuzia e della malvagità. O perlomeno, queste ultime sono di certo più rare.

Los malentendidos y la pereza quizá causan más extravíos en este mundo que la astucia y la perversidad. Al menos, estas dos últimas cosas ciertamente que son más raras

But we must not forget that only a very few people are artists in life; that the art of life is the most distinguished and rarest of all the arts.

Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

In economic life and history more generally, just about everything of consequence comes from black swans; ordinary events have paltry effects in the long term.