#diamond

Then she added in a sort of childish delight: 'We'll be poor, won't we? Like people in books. And I'll be an orphan and utterly free. Free and poor! What fun!' She stopped and raised her lips to him in a delighted kiss. 'It's impossible to be both together,' said John grimly. 'People have found that out. And I should choose to be free as preferable of the two... ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#freedom #poor #rich #the-diamond-as-big-as-the-ritz #freedom

There are blue diamonds born to the world and given to those who only want glass crystals. There are blue roses born to the world yet given to those who only want daisies. Blue diamond, don't cry because they want glass crystals. Blue rose, don't bleed because they see only the daisies. You were formed in the bedroom of the gods, you were conceived in the garden of the eternal! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#blue-roses #inspirational-quotes #value #worth #inspirational

Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives' guy. He didn't try to be what he wasn't. He just did what he did - made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy. ↗

— Michael Buble

#cool guy #diamond #did #entertainer #good

The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere. ↗

— Elizabeth II

#attended #been #celebrating #deeply #diamond

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#diamonds #i #neck #rather #roses

I'm fascinated by diamonds. When I put diamonds on, my hands start to shake. ↗

— Debra Messing

#fascinated #hands #i #put #shake

The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people. ↗

— Thomas Guthrie

#cut #dealing #diamond #end #god

I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back. ↗

— Zsa Zsa Gabor

#diamonds #enough #give #hated #him

It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#benefit #come #country #diamonds #discovered

You do Batman right, and he's going to be popular. He's a great character. I was once asked by somebody if writing 'Batman' was like holding a Ming vase or something. And I said, 'No, it's like holding a big-ass diamond that you can't break. You can throw him against the ceiling, against the floor, anywhere, and you just can't break Batman.' ↗

— Frank Miller

#anywhere #asked #batman #break #ceiling