#gold

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#commoner #durable #gold #like #more

A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the price of gold itself. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#day #every #every day #gold #gold standard

I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964. ↗

— John Bolton

#campaign #conservative #goldwater #i #old

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. ↗

— John Bunyan

#foot #golden #minds #more #our

I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances. ↗

— Cameron van der Burgh

#bid #concentrating #distances #focus #going

Joining 'ER,' I felt like that kid who got the golden ticket in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' I've been offered chocolate bars all these years, but there had been no golden ticket. Just the stomachache that was called 'Jake in Progress.' ↗

— John Stamos

#been #called #charlie #chocolate #factory

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#door #freedom #golden #key #unlock

Bandwagon and all that it is is such a huge passion of mine. We're already bouncing around ideas for season three, what we would call our golden ticket, in terms of a celebrity we would pair up with. We have a few in mind, and a few topics. ↗

— Emma Caulfield

#around #bandwagon #bouncing #call #celebrity

I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#ceasing #down #gold #happy #i

A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#golden rule #image #incomplete #leave #oneself