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Commodity Quotes (page 3)

Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity. John Berger
William S. Burroughs quote: "Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by..."
Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen. William S. Burroughs
We saw a pale echo of what is now possible in 1990-1991, when Saddam Hussein, the autocrat of Iraq, made a sudden transition in the American consciousness from an obscure near-ally - granted commodities, high technology, weaponry, and even satellite intelligence data - to a slavering monster menacing the world. I am not myself an admirer of Mr. Hussein, but it was striking how quickly he could be brought from someone almost no American had heard of into the incarnation of evil. These days the... Carl Sagan
To maximise output, every organisation will strive to obtain its necessary raw materials, labour and machinery at the lowest possible cost and combine them to turn out a product that it will then attempt to sell at the highest possible price... And yet, troublingly, there is one difference between 'labour' and other commodities, a difference that conventional economics does not have a means of representing or giving weight to but that is nevertheless unavoidably present in the world: that... Alain de Botton
Dan Simmons quote: "Quality wine, Scotch, and coffee had been the three..."
Quality wine, Scotch, and coffee had been the three irreplaceable commodities after the death of Old Earth. Dan Simmons
Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their peers, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change. Robert Kennedy
We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. Aldo Leopold
A novel is a commodity that fulfills a certain need; people need to buy daydreams like they need to buy ice cream or aspirin or gin. They even need to buy a pinch of intellectual catnip now and then to liven up their thoughts... John Dos Passos
The loss of quality that is so evident at every level of spectacular language, from the objects it glorifies to the behavior it regulates, stems from the basic nature of a production system that shuns reality. The commodity form reduces everything to quantitative equivalence. The quantitative is what it develops, and it can develop only within the quantitative. Guy Debord
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Nothing is generous. New knowledge is a valuable commodity...."
Nothing is generous. New knowledge is a valuable commodity. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we are. Kurt Vonnegut
Tis a commodity that will lose the gloss with lying; the longer kept, the less worth: off with ’t, while ’tis vendible; answer the time of request. Virginity, like an old courtier, wears her cap out of fashion; richly suited, but unsuitable: just like the brooch and the toothpick, which wear not now. William Shakespeare
Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too. Jan Morris
Christopher Morley quote: "Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump."
Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump. Christopher Morley
Jim Mitchell quote: "Time is the scarcity, and it's the commodity we can't create..."
Time is the scarcity, and it's the commodity we can't create any more of. Jim Mitchell
The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare? Susan George

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