Quotes about paucity (11 Quotes)


    Businesses aren't yet complaining of a paucity of pennies. I haven't noticed any shortage, ... We go to the bank in the morning and get our two or three dollars' worth every day.

    The fact a one-page paper has generated this level of discussion underscores the paucity of direct scientific information that exists on the effects of management intervention following natural disturbances.





    I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. 'If a piece of work is heavy and complicated then it is wrong.' ... Some writers feel that to express their ideas in simple terms is degrading. Some use complexity to disguise the paucity of their material. In fact, simplicity is a virtue and when, as here, it is both original and useful, it can represent a real advance in knowledge.


    The Canadians, by the paucity of invitations that have been extended to me to do things there, have obviously never been that enamored with my work.


    From the science point of view, the thing I get worried about is the paucity of information, the fact that we are dealing with something that is evolving very rapidly. We may not have the time to do the long-standing research,




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