“A half-century later, Mark Twain would say that the gold rush drastically changed the American character, ending the tradition of patient apprenticeships,… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
California is a tragic country — like Palestine, like every Promised Land. Its short history is a fever-chart of migrations — the… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
When more Chinese started coming after the Gold Rush, employed on large projects like the Pacific Railroad, anti-Chinese sentiment became shrill. — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
“name. It was truly a revolution in psychiatry, and a gold rush for drug companies, who suddenly had hundreds of new disorders… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australia. Kalgoorlie was a gold… — Barry Marshall Copy Share Image
“As the golden news spread beyond California to the outside world, it triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the… — H.W. Brands Copy Share Image
If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf. And when you call for… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“It is often said of the gold rush that the people who got rich were the shovel dealers who profited from the… — Zac Bissonnette Copy Share Image
The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land. — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
My favorite Bob Dylan record is the very first one where he sings one Bob Dylan song and the rest of them… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Not only America but all countries should think together about how the enormous might of the sole remaining superpower should be used.… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
When people think of the West, it's easy to envision wagon trains, Buffalo Bill, the glory days of the Gold Rush. Cowboy… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“Crimping or Shanghaiing was the act of kidnapping unsuspecting men to serve aboard ships usually destined to sail to the far east.… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
This perhaps was what lay at the root of the hysteria surrounding what came to be known as the Gold Rush: Men… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
During the Gold Rush, most would-be miners lost money, but people who sold them picks, shovels, tents and blue-jeans (Levi Strauss) made… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
“The following obituary appeared in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph of Sept. 16, 1958: A GREAT POET died last week in Lancieux, France, at… — Robert Service Copy Share Image
One of the very first fashion features where I appeared without my prosthetic legs was in ELLE magazine's publication, 'Gold Rush.' — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
I used to take part in the gold rush of pilot season, when all the Canadian actors would flock down to Los… — Noah Reid Copy Share Image
