#scarcity

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. ↗

— Truman Capote

#conversations #dialogue #due #few #good

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#masters #mind #old #scarcity #their

If somebody never gets enough of you, they will always want more ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#desire #enigmatic #infatuation #love #relationships

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

— John Burnham Schwartz

#men #scarcity #schwartz #the-commoner #love

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. ↗

— Thomas Love Peacock

#resource #scarcity #waste

After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say the one thing we have in common is that we're sick of feeling afraid. we want to dare greatly. We're tired of the national conversation centering on "What should we fear" and "Who should we blame?" We all want to be brave. ↗

— Brené Brown

#bravery #courage #fear #scarcity #courage

Hunter-gathers, by nature, store information for use, understanding that there may be a time when information is scarce. ↗

— Brian C. O'Connor

#hunter-gathers #information #nature #scarcity #storing

Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats. ↗

— Brené Brown

#scarcity #society #stress #vulnerability #courage

If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons. ↗

— Seth Godin

#book #buy #going #good #good reason

It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess. ↗

— Will Oldham

#excess #more #rewarding #scarcity #than