#diamond

Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#birth #birth control #control #country #diamonds

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#fine #fool #hand #man #pebble

And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time. ↗

— Gerald Scarfe

#came #complex #diamond #england #everybody

Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings. ↗

— Andreas Capellanus

#avarice #consent #could #diamond #earth

A diamond, is a woman's last resort to love. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#last-love #love

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. ↗

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#human #human soul #invest #knows #might

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever. ↗

— Horace Mann

#diamond #each #forever #golden #gone

Sometimes you think you've found love, when it's really just one of those objects that are shiny in a certain light--a trophy, say, or a ring, or a diamond, even. Glass shards, maybe. You've got to be careful, you do. The shine can blind you. The edges can cut you in way you never imagined. It is up to you to allow that or not. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#cut #diamond #found #glass #love

If I was perfect then this would be easy... ↗

— Avenged Sevenfold

#crossroads #diamonds-in-the-rough #music #music

Intuitively, she sensed Leonardo’s gaze on her, and she caught sight of him near the entrance to the balcony. He was watching her, though he should have been engrossed in the conversation with the two other people with whom he was standing, one of which was the redhead. Even from that distance across the room, she could sense his desire for her, and there was an answering pounding of the blood in her veins as their gazes locked. Maybe it was the kiss between Russell and Joan and the romantic notion of long-lasting love, but Alexa found her thoughts straying to memories of sharing passionate kisses with Leonardo. She carefully placed her glass of wine on the table before it slipped from her damp fingers and crashed onto the expensive white carpet. She felt nervous and jittery because she knew the reason for Leonardo’s smoldering scrutiny. She was fully aware of what was expected of her, and she found herself breathlessly anticipating the end of the evening. ↗

— Delaney Diamond

#delaney-diamond #interracial-romance #the-arrangement #love