- Nov 07, 2020
Gold Quotes
From rush-era history to turning mishaps into gold.
Gold shows up here in wildly different forms — the literal 19th-century Gold Rush that helped build towns like Sacramento, gold-toned '60s fashion palettes, and the shimmer of ancient gilded artifacts. See also our Golden quotes for a closer look at the color itself.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little less gold per capita. Each one of us will continue to be fighting over an ever smaller percentage of total resources. This is not a happy thought.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back and being their leader, I want to also be the warrior in the Olympics. That will be something good because that will be the first Olympic gold medal for the Maasai.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world.
- Role
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- Nov 07, 2020
Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models.
- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.
- Active
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- Nov 07, 2020
The active and abandoned tailings ponds I have photographed, for example, are strangely beautiful - yet they are also chock full of cyanide, which is used in the recovery of microscopic particles of gold from the waste tailings of copper mines.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1900, as the immigrants come down the gangplank into Jersey City, they expect the streets to be paved with gold, and they were only paved with gold in Frank Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz,' of course.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really am not a gold fan.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The regressive Left ranks minority groups in a pecking order to compete in a kind of 'Oppression Olympics.' Gold medal goes to the most offended.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember the early days of the Net, when everything was going to be open and free, and we were all going to share information in a techno-utopia? That was great until people realized that their user data could be turned into gold. Now there are billions at stake, and nobody is playing nice anymore.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed to hide its contents. Within is the finest collection of words generated by human intelligence: the complete works of William Shakespeare.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I would be totally content with my life.
- Mothers
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- Nov 07, 2020