#diamonds

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#gold #like #only #owes #praise

Diamonds are forever, my youth is not. ↗

— Jill St. John

#forever #youth

I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

#dirt #gold #i #person #trust

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

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no diamonds, I don't want no shoes, I don't want no party. I want some crabs. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#crabs #diamonds #each #get #i

Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique. ↗

— Jaclyn Smith

#diamonds #each #find #like #made

It is wrong to wear diamonds before luncheon, except on one’s marriage rings. Before, after, and during breakfast, luncheon and dinner, it is vulgar to wear a mixture of colored precious stones. It is always a comfort to know that so many things one can’t afford to do anyway are vulgar. ↗

— Judith Martin

#etiquette #vulgarity #marriage

As the earth dies your spirit will bloom; as the world fades your soul will rise and glisten. Amongst the dehydrated crevices of a desert earth you will stumble upon your diamonds; in between the dry skulls and cracked bones you will find your sapphires. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#change #diamonds #dying-earth #end #fading-world

The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#comes #diamonds #efforts #experience #favorite

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you. ↗

— Clara Schumann

#diamonds #happy #horses #i #i am