#gold

God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones. ↗

— Dwight L. Moody

#clean #does #god #golden #must

The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California. ↗

— John Moody

#consolidation #construction #dates #days #discovery

The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific. ↗

— John Moody

#absolute necessity #act #after #became #congress

At the Golden Globes, they put all the bigger stars in the front; the movie stars in the front, TV actors in the back. But even as a movie star, you can be outseated by a bigger star in any given year. It's kind of hilarious. You have to take it in stride. ↗

— Julianne Moore

#back #bigger #even #front #given

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is. ↗

— Thomas More

#even #everywhere #gold #hear #itself

In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#alone #any #assistants #case #creates

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#developing #even #force #gold #itself

We moved, and there was a golden era in the '40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#conscious #era #golden #moved #were

As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring India its next golden age. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#alchemy #bring #course #education #focused

It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media. ↗

— Bill Mumy

#buying #comics #could #early #golden