scarcity quotes

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

I grew up in the east side of Detroit in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. I never woke up saying, ‚I’m an orphan again today, isn’t this terrible? Poor me.‘

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.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough. My kids are enough.

Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.