David Byrne Quotes

Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.

Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

I think that in an increasingly virtual world, lovingly produced artefacts are at a premium.

Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

Remember, things extremely hard to come by are not necessarily good.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

If all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.

When you don't do something anymore, all of a sudden everyone treasures it.

For me, the things that are luxurious are things that are rare. It's not really about how much something costs or whether it's 'limited edition'; it's about how special it is.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap as it becomes vulgar, and will no longer raise expectation or animate enterprise.

What is good is difficult, and what is difficult is rare.

Uniqueness is the commodity of glut.

When everything is immediately available and infinitely reproducible, nothing is valuable.

Excellent things are rare.

If precious metals had been abundant, they would not have been precious.

What makes a treasure a treasure." Marine replied, "is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most.

Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.

The things most worth wanting are not available everywhere all the time.

I like great directors who are scarce. Prolific ones are nice too but for me, there's something about the scarcity that makes it all the more valuable.

Now love's the only thing that's free /We must take it where it's found /Pretty soon it may be costly

Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value.

The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.

I wonder how much it would take to buy a soap bubble, if there were only one in the world.