Quotes about precious-stones
precious-stones elements time-management
Time is the most precious element of human existence. Denis Waitley
precious-stones light genius
Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light. Arthur Schopenhauer
precious-stones comedian gold
Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world. Groucho Marx
precious-stones breakfast mixtures
It is wrong to wear diamonds before luncheon, except on one’s marriage rings. Before, after, and during breakfast, luncheon and dinner, it is vulgar to wear a mixture of colored precious stones. It is always a comfort to know that so many things one can’t afford to do anyway are vulgar. Judith Martin
precious-stones july envy
Touch was important. The evening of the Third of July we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. There was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had. Paul Engle
precious-stones gold genius
Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. Mark Twain
precious-stones may vices
What we call vice in our neighbor may be nothing less than a crude virtue. To him who knows nothing more of precious stones than he can learn from a daily contemplation of his breastpin, a diamond in the mine must be a very uncompromising sort of stone. William Gilmore Simms
precious-stones perfect focus
No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace. Richard Simmons