#commodity

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

— Christopher Morley

#commodity #never #slump #which #words

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

#buy #commodity #growth #i #idea

Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The price paid for such temporary use is commonly called hire. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#called #commodity #commonly #hire #instead

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#any #coffee #commodity #deal #i

That's just the way this business works. You're a reliable commodity. ↗

— Christy Romano

#commodity #just #reliable #way #works

The secret to modern life is finding the measure in time management. I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#career #commodity #couples #different #finding

Music is not a commodity, it's a resource. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#music #resource

Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies. ↗

— Fred W. Friendly

#bellies #commodity #instead #just #like

Well-building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight. ↗

— Henry Wotton

#conditions #delight #firmness #hat #three

Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore. ↗

— Harlan Ellison

#courage #writers #courage