Gold Quotes · Page 46

Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Moammar Gadhafi was found hiding in a storm sewer with a gold-plated gun. That's me in retirement, ladies and gentlemen.

— David Letterman

A certain alloy of expediency improves the gold of morality and makes it wear all the longer.

— Don Marquis

There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow more precious than a pot of gold.

— Gary Gulman

“Ezekiel looked into amber and saw God, but the Teutonic Knights saw something less noble: gold.”

— Victoria Finlay

There was still gold and silverin the mountains, And hunger was a more immediate sorrow;

— Anonymous

Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe...

— Nas

The way to transmute your iron duty into gold in everyone's eyes is this: always deliver more than you promise.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Up until Beijing where I had my greatest victory, I had trained for 16 years of life with a singular goal and…

— Abhinav Bindra

Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed…

— Baltasar Gracian

You have an advantage if you win. I always think it's best to be remembered as a winner rather than as the…

— Simon Cowell

If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the…

— Mark Spitz

For me I tried to not keep a low profile but I was training in a different country as I prepared for…

— Denise Lewis

I can't remember who said it - I think it was Allan Gurganus when he was visiting the Michener Center - but…

— Mary J. Miller

What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow ... As 'bandwagon' investors join any…

— Warren Buffett

You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but…

— Andrew Carnegie

“To be oneself on a basis of gold is no better than founding one’s house on the sand. For your watch, and…

— Henrik Ibsen

The society of merchants can be defined as a society in which things disappear in favor of signs. When a ruling class…

— Albert Camus

It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the…

— William Morley Punshon

Cath ran her fingers along the cover, over the raised gold type. Then someone else ran right into her, pushing the book…

— Rainbow Rowell

Growing up in Alaska, they don't really teach you to swim there. I learned to swim just a few summers ago with…

— Holly Madison

Depending on the day or even the hour, productivity can take very low dips. At times, I may feel like throwing in…

— Samantha Ettus

We need only take our heads out of the sand to see clearly that interventionism not only has failed to provide the…

— Leonard Read

...So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not begging at…

— Cesar Chavez

I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.

— Diane Paulus

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

— Jesse Owens

Now I'm a little hurt. Let me check my tears in the reflection of my championship gold.

— The Miz

I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.

— J Mascis

“Tragedy is like a strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.”

— Anonymous

Winning a gold medal was something I always wanted. It's something I always expected to do.

— Cael Sanderson

“And in this matter, Gold, he’d said, rolling his eyes towards Frank, we have had an early advantage.”

— Joan London

“Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the…

— Charles Dickens

Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative.

— Warren Buffett

I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women…

— Graham Greene

You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.

— Donovan Bailey

I own a mortgage company and a real estate company funded by the music. Florida is a kinda gold mine.

— Vanilla Ice

There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.

— Coleman Young

I am a complete magpie when it comes to gold leaf. I use it throughout the year but it is especially fitting…

— John Whaite

“I would not trade one day of our life for all the gold in the citadel.”

— Janell Rhiannon

You're still a person with or without that gold medal. It just represents the hard work.

— Jessica Long