Quotes About Precious

'Freedom' means a lot to conservatives, but they have such a narrow sense of what it means. They think a lot about freedom from - freedom from government, freedom from regulation - and precious little about freedom to. Freedom to is absolutely something that has to be safeguarded by good government, just as it could be impaired by bad government.

I work with gold that holds history, diamonds that see the future, and rubies that long for love.

I have over a hundred clocks. I've got fancy clocks and clocks from all over the world that people made for me.

THESE PIECES ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU!

Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away.

And so long as we have this itch for explanations, must we not always carry round with us this cumbersome but precious bag of clues called History? Another definition: Man, the animal which demands an explanation, the animal which asks Why.

I feel sorry for you, then. Trust is as precious as it is rare, but you only get it by giving it." Ematt was sounding an awful lot like the old man had. "Trust isn't given, it's earned," Solo said. "Like friendship." "You must be very lonely," Ematt said. Solo didn't respond.

Nothing in any life, no matter how well or poorly lived, is wiser than failure or clearer than sorrow. And in the tiny, precious wisdom that they give to us, even those dread and hated enemies, suffering and failure, have their reason and their right to be.

And the brightest of those stars are the heartbreaks and sorrows. The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering. So I took each sadness she confessed to me, and pinned it to the sky.

The further on we go, the more meaning there is, but the less articulable. You live your life and the older you get- the more specifically you harvest- the more precious becomes every ounce and spasm. Your life and times don't drain of meaning because they become more contradictory, ornamented by paradox, inexplicable. The less explicable, the more meaning. The less like a mathematics equation (a sum game); the more like music (significant secret).

As someone who is a dedicated fan of the NHS, I'm extremely worried, I think its a very precious thing that needs to be nurtured, looked after.

Our values are precious: the freedom to elect or kick out a government; the freedom to worship in different places; and the freedom that allows me as a woman to wear what I want, to choose any career that I want, and to love whom I want. These values are vital. They are part of us. And they are worth defending with everything we have.

So you find a lot of things in Egypt in royal and high status tombs made out of gold because it's a precious object. It was as precious then as it is now, and so it's a representation of wealth and status.

I reluctantly left the series because a) my age. I'm 68 tomorrow and time is very precious for me to spend time at home with my family and especially with the grandchildren. They're aged 7 and 5. After three years I became homesick for my home.

I already have a Tony for my Broadway concert in '73. It's one of the most precious things I've won.

I live in a small apartment in London, not some big house with a lot of security. I don't like too much security. There's no freedom. I'm a person, not some precious diamond that needs guarding every second.

Getting hit in the eye is scary thing, not like a tooth or finger. You get hit in the eye, you only got two of those.

I wanted to play at the top level in Europe, and PSG offered me a precious opportunity I couldn't turn down.

The more precious His gift, the more anxious God for its return.

The more precious His gift," said Henry, "the more anxious God for its return.

Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat longer for a paradox.

Time was when genius was more precious than gold, but now to have nothing is monstrous barbarism.

Time is a treasure on earth.

Each moment spent on this bright blue planet is precious so use it carefully.