Diamond Quotes · Page 16

European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance.

— Cheikh Anta Diop

“That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that.”

— Anthony Doerr

Of course, personally, I think it'd be tacky to wear diamonds before I'm forty.

— Holly Golightly

For me the diamond dawns are set In rings of beauty...

— John Townsend Trowbridge

The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity, infernal paradise,…

— Umberto Eco

I was just really excited to win the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m in Moscow and then, to top that off, to win…

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

— Confucius

The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades;…

— Samuel Johnson

Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.

— Oscar de la Renta

Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper,…

— Neil Gaiman

Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever.

— Stephen King

Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.

— Nicky Gumbel

I haven't got many tattoos, but the two that are most important to me are music tattoos. I have a black heart…

— Evan Rachel Wood

Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds.

— Alexander McCall Smith

…God is a giant quiltmaker. With an infinite variety of designs. And the quilt is grown so big and confusing, the pattern…

— Rohinton Mistry

For me, 'Diamond Necklace' is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour.

— Fahadh Faasil

The owners of a dog which swallowed a diamond worth £12000 had to wait three days until it re-emerged. With a bit…

— Frankie Boyle

Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal]

— Isaac Newton

Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Fraud and deceit have been practiced since the beginning of history...Brass has been called gold; glass has been sold as diamonds; and…

— John Andreas Widtsoe

Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the…

— Anonymous

I was thinking recently, If the body really is the new dress, as some are saying - with women buying boobs, butts,…

— Alber Elbaz

Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

— Dorothy Parker

Under the beautiful moonlight, there remains no ugly reality; even muds turn into the diamonds!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Bees blew like cake-crumbs through the golden air, white butterflies like sugared wafers, and when it wasn't raining a diamond dust took…

— Laurie Lee