Quotes About Rarity

I am ALONE AND PEACEFUL and that combination is so unusual, it's like meeting someone for the first time.

Sometimes make-believe is just another word for rare.

But it was a damn good smile. A genuine one, which is hard to come by these days." -Finch

Truth is such a rare thing it is delightful to tell it

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

Human life can be liken to that of a flower, its beautiful when it blooms, though yours may delay but when it blooms, it will be the rarest and the most beautiful of all.

Fair, what a useless word. A concept that is relevant only in the rare moments when there is no greater danger than unfairness.

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

In all the land there is only one you, possibly two, but seldom more than sixteen.

But on what can intelligence sharpen its wits, in a country where the climate is soft and existence made easy? Even here, where necessity calls for intellectual activity, nothing is rarer than a person who thinks.

Es de lo que más adolece nuestro pueblo -dijo ella-: no piensa. Y añadió al cabo de unos instantes: -Pero ¿en qué podrían ejecutar su agudeza las inteligencias que viven en un país donde el clima es templado y la existencia fácil? Incluso aquí, donde la necesidad apremia a los espíritus, nada es tan raro como un ser que piensa.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

It's so rare that you actually get to find a really well-written female lead.

'Extreme Prejudice' is the last of the Mohicans. I don't think we'll ever see a film made like that again.

How many dancers in their life get a job that will last 15 years? Not many.

Climbs like the Dawn Wall don't come around every day.

I'm a big fan of the American Tapes label. But that's very hard to keep a grip on that because you blink your eyes and they've released three records, all of which are limited edition, all sold at one show. So you have to follow in drips and drops on eBay, which I do.

Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best.

I don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?

You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.

In this case, because we know that the things that are difficult to possess are typically better than those that are easy to possess, we can often use an item's availability to help us quickly and correctly decide on its quality.

such cases it is vital to remember that scarce things do not taste or feel or sound or ride or work any better because of their limited availability.

Everything that is rare is expensive: the more you are seen, the more you are heard, and the more ordinary you seem. If you are part of a group, step away for a while and you will be talked about more, and even admired more. Practice absence: scarcity will increase your value.

What withdraws, what becomes scarce, suddenly seems to deserve our respect and honor.