Commodity Quotes - Page 18

• Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

  Christopher Morley

  Political, Slumps

  Christopher Morley (1932). “Human Being”

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• I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as an excuse.

  Howard Schultz

  Commodity Prices, Use, Want

  "Starbucks fix". Interview with Andy Serwer, archive.fortune.com. January 18, 2008.

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• Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.

  George Soros

  Marijuana, Organization, Mexico

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• f you have been divorced once - male or female, but especially for females - and you’re over 40 you’re actually a commodity. It means you were able to commit once, and you’ll do it again.

  Patti Stanger

  Mean, Males, Female

  "Patti Stanger: Millionaire Matchmaker Weighs In On Celebrity Splits". Interview with Sara Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2011.

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• I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them.

  Sting

  Song, Albums, Body

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• The crisis of modern democracy is a profound one. Free elections, a free press and an independent judiciary mean little when the free market has reduced them to commodities available on sale to the highest bidder.

  Arundhati Roy

  Independent, Mean, Profound

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• Gold is unique because it has the age-old aspect of being viewed as a store of value. Nevertheless, it’s still a commodity and has no tangible value, and so I would say that gold is a speculation. But because of my fear about the potential debasing of paper money and about paper money not being a store of value, I want some exposure to gold.

  Seth Klarman

  Unique, Age, Gold

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• I have come to the conclusion that silence and time are the most precious commodities.

  Eloisa James

  Silence, Conclusion

  Eloisa James (2012). “Paris in Love”, p.101, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• People think that you're supposed to marry your type well, I didn't marry my type. It's much more practical, and based in a day-to-day existence. So when you have that, and you're happy, and you love her, don't waste time. Because time - and I've learned that at this point in my life - time is my most precious commodity. Nothing is more precious than time. Because when it runs out that's it

  Michael Ealy

  Running, Thinking, People

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• I'm aware of the power of looks. I've wanted to play roles that have gone to much better-looking people and you just think 'Oh well, that's the pin up guy's an actor like my friend James Mcavoy, who's gorgeous on screen. I'm not that. But at least I don't have to worry about taking precious care of my face because it's my commodity. That's a great freedom. I'm not afraid of being heinous for the sake of a part

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Thinking, Play, People

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• No other commodity enjoys as much universal acceptability and marketability as gold.

  Hans F. Sennholz

  Gold, Enjoy, Marketability

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• A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

  Mark Twain

  Wise, Lying, Men

  Mark Twain, Susan K. Harris (1994). “Historical Romances: The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc”, p.115, Library of America

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• Passive commerce . . . should thus . . . [compel us] to content ourselves with the first price of our commodities, and to see the profits of our trade snatched from us, to enrich our enemies and persecutors. That unequalled spirit of enterprise . . . an inexhaustible mine of national wealth, would be stifled and lost; and poverty and disgrace would overspread a country, which, with wisdom, might make herself the admiration and envy of the world.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Country, Envy, Enemy

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2008). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution”, p.68, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.

  Edward de Bono

  Mind, Facts, Reason

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• Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

  Michael Dell

  Business, Ideas, Entrepreneur

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• Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

  Henry Wotton

  Hate, Hats, Three

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• Regardless of the importance of known evidence to the contrary, the arts are generally regarded as being so much entertaining fluff, a commodity that isn't a priority in the traditional program of learning. This is unacceptable in a so-called 'enlightened' society.

  Ken Danby

  Art, Priorities, Enlightened

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• There's a difference between just gaining access to a commodity as opposed to a spirit that allows us to live a life of love and justice, that when crisis and catastrophe hits you, that the biggest mansion in the world is not going to help you. If you don't have anybody who loves you, if you don't have any God who cares for you, that you're not going to have what it takes to move to the next stage in your life.

  Cornel West

  Love You, Moving, Differences

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I see a lot of people dressing very similarly, and I see brands being cool because of their name and because of who wears the brands, but that's always been the case. That's kind of the history of fashion. You know, celebrities wear their clothes and people think these celebrities are cool, and then the clothes become valuable. It gives clothes a commodity factor once a certain individual starts wearing that brand. But do I think there's something wrong? I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.

  Macklemore

  Fashion, Creativity, Men

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• There is a physical relation between physical things. But it is different with commodities.

  Karl Marx

  Different, Relation, Physical Things

  Karl Marx (2007). “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production”, p.83, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Time is your most precious commodity and yet most of us live our lives as if we have all the time in the world.

  Robin Sharma

  World, Our Lives, Ifs

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from May 23, 2014

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• Millions of our fellow human beings continue to live as contemporary slaves, victims of abominable practices like human trafficking, forced labour and sexual exploitation. Countless children are forced to become soldiers, work in sweat shops or are sold by desperate families. Women are brutalized and traded like commodities. Entire households and villages labour under debt bondage.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Children, Practice, Sweat

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• I used love like money, but love doesn't work like money. It is not a commodity. When we barter with it, we all lose. When the church does not love it's enemies, it fuels their rage. It makes them hate us more.

  Donald Miller

  Hate, Enemy, Religion

  Donald Miller (2007). “Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God”, p.125, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Everyone has a transferable commodity-knowledge. Sharing your unique expertise and making introductions for someone creates a lasting legacy.

  Marsha Blackburn

  Knowledge, Unique, Legacy

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• If you don’t know the men at your back by name, don’t be surprised if they won’t follow you into battle. On the other hand, don’t be surprised if they will, either, because there are countless other factors you must take into account. Leadership is a slippery commodity, not easily manufactured or understood.

  Richard K. Morgan

  Men, Hands, Names

  Richard K. Morgan (2009). “The Steel Remains”, p.5, Del Rey

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