Golden Quotes - Page 3

• Has anyone stopped to consider that we might come closer to balancing the budget if all of us simply tried to live up to the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule?

  Ronald Reagan

  Politics, Might, Obedience

  "Ronald Reagan".

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• I can take about an hour on the tower of power, as long as I gets a little golden shower.

  Frank Zappa

  Social Taboos, Long, Towers

  Song: Bobby Brown Goes Down, Album: Sheik Yerbouti

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• I'm a werewolf, not a golden retriever.

  Cassandra Clare

  Golden Retrievers, Werewolf, Luke

  "City of Bones". Book by Cassandra Clare, "The Mortal Instruments" series, 2007.

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• I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career.

  Rainey Qualley

  Awards, Careers, Missing

  "Andie MacDowell’s Daughter Rainey Qualley Named Miss Golden Globe". www.accessonline.com. December 8, 2011.

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• Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: -- I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars.

  Mark Twain

  Beautiful, Two, Years

  Mark Twain (2017). “The Complete Novels of Mark Twain (Illustrated): 12 American Classics & Author’s Biography: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, A Horse’s Tale, The Prince and the Pauper, The American Claimant, The Mysterious Stranger…”, p.823, e-artnow

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• The golden rule of friendship is to listne to others as you would have them listen to you.

  David W Augsburger

  Friendship, Real, Real Friends

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• A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one golden principle of rhetoric not put down in the books-to understand what you are talking about.

  John Robert Seeley

  Real, Book, Knowledge

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• When it comes down to it, I'd rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.

  Chadwick Boseman

  Action, Figures, Globes

  "Chadwick Boseman on Snubs: 'I'd Rather Have an Action Figure Than a Golden Globe'" by Ryan Gajewski, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 28, 2015.

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• The sun is coming down to earth, and the fields and the waters shout to him golden shouts.

  George Meredith

  Water, Fields, Sun

  'The Ordeal of Richard Feverel' (1859) ch. 19

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• A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling "Hey, come back here with my breast!"

  Linda Ellerbee

  Dog, Yelling, Play

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• These too are of a burning color--not orange, not gold, but if pure gold were liquid and could raise a cream, that golden cream might be like the color of the poppies.

  John Steinbeck

  Orange, Color, Gold

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.10, Penguin

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• I tried marriage. I'm 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So, being a ballplayer - I believe in numbers. I'm not going 0 for 4. I'm not wearing a golden sombrero.

  Charlie Sheen

  Believe, Numbers, Sombreros

  "Charlie Sheen Sets His Sights on Sox". "Boston Dirt Dogs" Interview, bostondirtdogs.boston.com. March 8, 2011.

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• The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I think it's a good rule for politics, too.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Golden Rule, Do Unto Others

  The Democratic Presidential Debate on MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. September 26, 2007.

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• It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Waiting, Custodians, Prejudice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “None High: None Low”

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• Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Night, Civilization, Taught Us

  Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.54, North Atlantic Books

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• What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.

  Mario Andretti

  Miles, Belts

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

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• I got one of the five golden tickets to be a writer, and I take that seriously. I don't love my own work at all, but I love my own self. I love that I've been given the chance to capture the stories that come through me.

  Anne Lamott

  Self, Stories, Tickets

  Goodreads Interview, www.goodreads.com. March 2012.

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• If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf.

  Cornel West

  Views, Gold, Ends

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I gravitated toward being a funny guy. I liked the radio comedians. I lived in the Golden Age of radio, and the Golden Age of television came along when I was still in my early teens.

  George Carlin

  Guy, Comedian, Age

  Source: mavericksofthemind.com

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• I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever. Just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.

  Chris Carmack

  Simple, Golden Retrievers, Balls

  "Nashville's Chris Carmack on The O.C. and the rules of the death row meal". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. September 22, 2015.

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• Silence is golden for me. I live in the country and hear only my pets, birds, crickets, and the wind in the trees.

  Franny Armstrong

  Country, Wind, Silence

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• There was a filmy veil of soft dull mist obscuring, but not hiding, all objects, giving them a lilac hue, for the sun had not yet fully set; a robin was singing ... The leaves were more gorgeous than ever; the first touch of frost would lay them all low to the ground. Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Autumn, Two, Giving

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2012). “Norte e Sul: North and South: Edição bilíngue português - inglês”, p.544, Editora Landmark LTDA

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• His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Lying, Spring

  'Cymbeline' (1609-10) act 2, sc. 3, l. [22]

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• It is a golden chapter in the history of India's maritime security. May INS Vikramaditya, imbibe the radiance of the sun and confidence of victory in each one of us.

  Narendra Modi

  Motivation, Victory, India

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• I'm that person who owns all of the seasons on DVDs, including the Lifetime intimate portraits showcasing The Golden Girls. I am a massive fan. I think I'm Dorothy. She's my favorite.

  Sara Bareilles

  Girl, Thinking, Dvds

  Source: www.glamour.com

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