Scarcity Quotes

“Things grown common lose their price.”

“In an information economy, scarcity is a bug, not a feature.”

“The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.”

“We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.”

“The exchangeable value of all commodities rises as the difficulties of their production increase.”

“The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.”

“The supply of natural resources is not finite in any economic sense.”

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

“The first lesson in economics is scarcity. There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it.”

“The first rule of economics is that there is an infinite number of desires and a finite number of resources.”

“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.”

“Economics is all about scarcity.”

“Everything we get, outside of the free gifts of nature, must in some way be paid for.”

“What is put into the hands of B cannot be put into the hands of A.”

“The first rule of economics is that there is an infinite number of desires and a finite number of goods.”

“People will buy anything that is one to a customer.”

“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.”

“The world is not running out of oil, but it is running out of cheap oil.”

“The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.”

“Good planets are hard to find.”