"There is only one important resource which has shown a trend of increasing scarcity rather than increasing abundance. That resource is the most important of allâ€”human beings. . . . [An] increase in the price of peoplesâ€™ services is a clear indication that people are becoming more scarce even though there are more of us."

-- Julian Simon

#People Quotes #Important Quotes #Scarcity Quotes

“If something is said about the Raiders, I'm ready to go to war.”
“I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.”

Source : "‘The View’ pays tribute to Patrick Swayze", www.today.com. September 15, 2009.
“The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.”

Source : Daniel Defoe (1836). “The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe”, p.338
“I have but nothing to say to young girls. They're fine to look at, in the way I would look at a case filled with Shang dynasty glazes, but expecting to carry on a conversation with the average teen-aged young lady is akin to reading Voltaire to a cage filled with chimpanzees. I'm certain they would feel the same alienation for me. I can live with that knowledge.”
“The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.”
“Title everything you do, if for no other reason than so you can find it again on your computer.”
“I take a lot of vacation because I get a lot of vacation”
“Rather we let down the world than the world let us down!”

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