Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rex Stout

A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

William Morris

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

William J. Clinton

I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the American penal system.

Richard Burton

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

Robert Ringer

In South Africa, they dig for diamonds. Tons of earth are moved to find a little pebble not as large as a little fingernail. The miners are looking for the diamonds, not the dirt. They are willing to lift all the dirt in order to find the jewels. In daily life, people forget this principle and become pessimists because there is more dirt than diamonds. When trouble comes, don’t be frightened by the negatives. Look for the positives and dig them out. They are so valuable it doesn't matter if you have to handle tons of dirt.

Robert Ludlum

The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.

Sarah Shahi

My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it.

Robert Hunter

I won't slave for beggar's pay, likewise gold and jewels, but I would slave to learn the way, to sink your ship of fools.

Robert Penn Warren

How life is strange and changeful, and the crystal is in the steel at the point of fracture, and the toad bears a jewel in its forehead, and the meaning of moments passes like the breeze that scarcely ruffles the leaf of the willow.

Warren Buffett

If you don't know jewelry, know the jeweler.

Eva Green

All my jewelry has stories.

Katie Price

I am happy to receive any items of jewelry.

Elizabeth Taylor

I love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.

Kate Reardon

My favourite thing in my wardrobe is my jewelry.

Joan Rivers

What I love about jewelry is you can change it for something else without surgery.

Joan Rivers

I like colonic irrigation because sometimes you find old jewelry.

Mark Anthony

A watch is the most important piece of jewelry you can wear.

Lauren Johnson

We have a real variety here and I think that is why residents like to come. This year there seemed to be more jewelry than anything else.

John Chaney

What I kept pressing upon them is one of the greatest gems there is a diamond. A diamond, whether it's man-made or comes from coal, is a result of pressure. I wanted them to understand the more pressure is put on you, the more of a diamond you can become.

Luis Castillo

If you have gold and diamonds in your garden, there is no reason to live in misery.

Tom Roseen

If managers find a diamond in the rough, good research pays off.

Zsa Zsa Gabor

I never hate a man enough to give him his diamonds back.

Fred Eckhard

The information on the diamond trading, we have nothing further on but what we have seen in the press, ... the problems within the leadership of the mission have been well known to the secretary-general for some time.

Barbara Sharpe

I've heard that East Gainesville is a diamond in the rough, and I'd like to tell you that I am the one to put the sparkle in the diamond.

Jerome Bettis

Exactly. The ring is symbolic of each championship, so you get five diamonds because we have five championships as an organization. So, it's going to be a pretty big ring.

Prince Philip

How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?

Queen Elizabeth II

The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.