Quotes About Gold

DNA, you know, is Midas' gold. Everyone who touches it goes mad

In the quadrangle of the Old Schools he glanced round at the familiar labels, blue and gold, over the iron-studded doors,—Schola Theologiae et Antiquae Philosophiae; Museum Arundelianum; Schola Musicae.

Its gold boots are, in fact, glowing." "Glowing with what?" "Can't say. Some sort of magic, I guess.

I saw twelve angels wheeling in the sun, rays of white wings and gold light. "Swans!

I don't know that she can ever make you a proper wife," Tavis said in a low voice that sounded precariously close to pleading. "Don't force the issue. I wouldn't have her hurt or ill-treated for anything in the world. She is dear to all of us. You are receiving a gift, Laird. Whether you choose to believe so or not, you are receiving something more precious than gold

Oh how inconspicuous I will be when next I am in Attolia, he said out loud, dressed in Eddisan formalwear with gold frogs on the front.

But these aren't just stories," she'd said. "They're whole kingdoms. They're worlds. They're perspectives and opinions you can't offer, from lives you haven't lived. They're more valuable than any gold coin, and more important than any state luncheon. I should hope you, as king, would know that!

As you have likely guessed, I have been kidnapped again—but at least my abductors do not want gold this time. It's somewhat flattering that my worth is equal to the worth of a giant war machine that could change the course of history. Whether that ransom will be paid is another question entirely.

She and her sister were dressed in purple, with gold buckles at their throats by way of brooches, and another gold buckle each at the end of hatpins which they wore through their grey hair in order apparently to match their brooches. Their faces, identical to the point of indecency, were quite expressionless, as though they were the preliminary lay-outs for faces and were waiting for sentience to be injected.

He was a startlingly handsome young man, and that, too, distracted him for girls were attracted to him like priests to gold.

thought folk were buried there?" "They are! And their treasures! So the dragon guards the hoard. That's what dragons do. Bury gold and you hatch a dragon, see?

He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold. Job 23:10

After the 1929 crash, the Federal Reserve mistakenly focused its policies on preserving the gold value of the dollar rather than on stabilizing the domestic economy.

Great night. Phelps got a gold. How sick is that.

The rise in the price of gold is a sign that capitalism has stumbled.

Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.

If you have faith in our leaders of commerce, don't buy gold. If you do not have faith in them, maybe you should buy gold or silver.

You'd be safe to hold 5% of your assets and savings in gold and silver. Insurance for the future.

The conquistadors and their followers were very rough people, and they were fixated on gold and silver. They were oblivious to the astonishing achievements of the Inca civilisation.

I have got lots of silver medals, from Delhi in 2010 and London in 2012, so it would be nice to pick up some golds, and the Commonwealth Games is a great place to start.

My mother is going to get earrings of my head. Some will be dipped in silver, some will be dipped in gold, and I will hand them out to everyone I know.

If I'm going to mix gold and silver, I make my accessories all match.

I'm extremely content with my silver and bronze medals. But once I won the gold, I fell in love.

Most of my jewellery is designed in South India. I pick out unique pieces in silver and then remake them in gold. None of my pieces are gifts; I make all my jewellery.