Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.

O Word of God incarnate . . . It is the golden casket Where gems of truth are stored; It is the heaven-drawn picture…

— Walsham How

Atheism Explained is a gem. It is clear, informative, well-argued, provocative, often witty, and unfailingly interesting. David Ramsay Steele ranges over so many issues…

— Jeremy Shearmur

The holy grail is right here in this gem of a book. Tosha Silver’s wisdom goes down as easy as a mint milkshake and…

— Lissa Rankin

Like a versatile baller, George Dohrmann swings seamlessly from position to position: investigative journalist, social critic, gifted storyteller. The result is a gem of…

— L. Jon Wertheim

I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never…

— Adrian Lyne

What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the…

— Laozi

Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem.

— William Hamilton Gibson

“Polish those gems within brightly, so you may shine...”

— Gino Norris

When a little pleasure has flashed for a moment against the dark, I have made that jewel mine. I have hundreds of them ...…

— Myrtle Reed

Among all the valuable things of this world, the word is the most precious. For in the word one can find a light which…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody's reach; and though it is…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems.

— Rod Lurie

On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns; maturity condones.

— Amy Lowell

In ancient days, Deltora was divided into seven tribes. The tribesfought on their borders but otherwise stayed in their own place. Each had a…

— Emily Rodda

My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly…

— Sean Connery