The modern sensibility attempts to drain the contents of experience; these Greek poets strive to state the fact so poignantly that it… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It's a big dream for me to go home with two gold medals. It's not very easy as it looks like. — Michaela Dorfmeister Copy Share Image
Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The gold-barr'd butterflies to and from And over the waterside wander'd and wove As heedless and idle as clouds that rove And… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
You ready? I have gold teeth, I have braids, I'm wearing Rick Owens moon boots, I have rips in my denim, a… — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained… — Hicham El Guerrouj Copy Share Image
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most. — Ovid Copy Share Image
A gold standard is to the moochers and looters in government what sunlight and garlic are to vampires. — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“On Saturday afternoons I used to go for a walk with my mother. From the dusk of the hallway, we stepped at… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
There once was a miller with a daughter as lovely as a grape. He told the king that she could spin gold… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
You know, I don’t get why Fred and George only got three O.W.L.s each,” said Harry, watching as Fred, George, and Lee… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
If I want only pure water, what does it matter to me whether it be brought in a vase of gold or… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Potential is a priceless treasure, like gold. All of us have gold hidden within, but we have to dig to get it… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Drop a grain of California gold into the ground, and there it will lie unchanged until the end of time; . .… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
It is perfectly delightful to take advantage of the conscientious labors of those who go through and through volume after volume, divide… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
You'd be safe to hold 5% of your assets and savings in gold and silver. Insurance for the future. — John Paul DeJoria Copy Share Image
With their tinted windows up, the cars of the rich go like dark eggs down the roads of Delhi. Every now and… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“Cursed greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused. -- Virgil” — Debby Grahl Copy Share Image
In love and friendship, small, steady payments on a gold basis are better than immense promissory notes. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow. During the past decade that belief… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
