Quotes of: Commodity Keyword

We need writers who know the difference between the production of a commodity and the practice of an art.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Those who want to buy wisdom remain with out wisdom, because money buys nothing except commodities.

Life

Men had suddenly become a scarce commodity, if not quite as sought after as rice.

The Commoner

In the professional world of leadership ambition and potential are the most excessive commodities.

44 Days of Leadership

The commodity I sell is nonsense. Condiments sold separately. Ah, but that’s life, no?

Ah, but that's life, no?

Courage is a commodity I sell in times of peace. But then my father was a chicken farmer.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

You are what you consume, and as an organism and consciousness, you in fact become a commodity and predator yourself.

Voice of Reason

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love.

Morihei Ueshiba

If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.

Tim Robbins

The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets.

Mark Zandi

When the commodities go up and the cost of transportation is going up, and the value of the dollar is going down, it's all going to translate to an 8 to 10 percent rise in food prices.

John Catsimatidis

It is much more convenient not to be a public company. As a private company you don't have to give information to the public. Secrecy is an important factor of success in the commodity business.

Marc Rich

My dad used to sell a type of commodity contract. It was so complicated, he was certain his sales people didn't understand what they were selling.

Nicholas Jarecki

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available.

Jonathan Kozol

I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has wasted my time.

Lorene Scafaria

Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go to the bar on the corner and hear music. It was available for a fifteen cent beer.

Archie Shepp

The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.

Anthony Foxx

It's a funny thing in my job: you remain perpetually lonely in a world where loneliness is the rarest commodity.

Earthworks

You know, art is very emotional business. But mostly it becomes not emotional, the fabric of commodity. It becomes business. It becomes so many different things. Because we forgot there was emotions involved.

Marina Abramovic

Creativity is a commodity and derives its value only in how energy is spent.

River Bones: A Mystery Novel

Une manière commode de faire la connaissance d'une ville est de chercher comment on y travaille, comment on y aime et comment on y meurt.

The Plague