Karl Marx
Philosopher, Economist
"Money degrades all the gods of man and converts them into commodities."
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Che Guevara
Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader
"Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Vote: The only commodity that is peddleable without a license."
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga Teacher
"Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat."
Adam Smith
Philosopher, Economist
"Sugar, rum and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which are become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation."
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"The utility, or intrinsic value of gold as a commodity is now considerably less than in the past; its monetary status has become extraordinarily ambiguous; and its future is highly uncertain."
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"Brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value."
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"If you are not a brand, you are a commodity."
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"Time is the only commodity we deal with which cannot be counterfeited, stolen or placed in inventory. Remember, time is irreplaceable."
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"If you take a salesman, who sells a useless commodity, he feels like a fraud."
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"Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen."
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"Gold is now money with reference to all other commodities only because it was previously, with reference to them, a simple commodity."
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"Men had suddenly become a scarce commodity, if not quite as sought after as rice."
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"The demand for commodities is not the demand for labor."
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"Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions."
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"Time is a perishable commodity."
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"For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life."
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"The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating."
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"We cannot tell by looking at the diamond that it is a commodity. When it serves as a use-value, asthetic or mechanical, on the breast of a harlot, or in the hand of a glasscutter, it is a diamond and not a commodity."
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"Health care is not a commodity or privilege, but a human right."
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"Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity."
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"Bitcoin isn't tied to any commodity - besides trust."
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"Truth is life's most precious commodity."
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"I have come to the conclusion that silence and time are the most precious commodities."
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"... if the production of any commodity necessitates the sacrifice of human life, society should do without that commodity, but itcan not do without that life."
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