#diamonds

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

Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#jewellery #life #time-keeping #watches #life

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, But Diamonds are a girl's best friend. ↗

— Leo Robin

#best friend #continental #diamonds #friend #girl

You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own "acres of diamonds." ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#diamonds #middle #moment #own #right

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

— Zsa Zsa Gabor

#diamonds #enough #give #hated #his

I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#against #children #complicit #country #destruction

My wife was a Bond girl, in Diamonds Are Forever, so I play James Bond in real life every day. ↗

— Robert Wagner

#bond girl #day #diamonds #every #every day

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

As soon as she gets her divorce one of us is going to marry her. We don't know which. She is about as beautiful a woman as I ever saw, and very witty and well-informed, but it would cost a good deal to keep her in diamonds. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#beautiful #cost #deal #diamonds #divorce