Jewellery Quotes

• Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.

  Alexander McQueen

  Clothes, Individual, Should

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• Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

  Sonja Henie

  Wrinkles, Jewels, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.

  Robert Carlyle

  Thinking, Stories, Should

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Big girls need big diamonds.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Girl, Fashion, Needs

  "Eight Lessons Millennial Women Can Learn from Elizabeth Taylor" by Victoria Pynchon, www.forbes.com. March 28, 2011.

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• Each piece of jewellery tells a story of my life. Picking one particular piece as a favorite would be like taking a chapter out of a book.

  Erin Wasson

  Book, Would Be, Stories

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• All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

  Federico Fellini

  Art, Jewels, Oysters

  The Atlantic, December 1965.

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• I've never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I'm here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Custodians, Care, Trophies

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• A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Kissing, Hands, Forever

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• Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Royal Variety Performance, 4 Nov. 1963

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• The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, Wisdom, Clever

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1345, Delphi Classics

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• Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

  Mark Twain

  Time, Advice, Literature

  Mark Twain (2000). “The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories”, p.104, Book Tree

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  When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

  Peter Marshall

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Peter Marshall (1949). “Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D.: At the Opening of the Daily Sessions of the Senate of the United States During the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congress 1947-1949”

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• Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.

  Alexander McQueen

  Fashion, Clothes, Want

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• You can't cry on a diamond's shoulder, and diamonds won't keep you warm at night, but they're sure fun when the sun shines.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Fun, Night, Shining

  Twitter post from Apr 17, 2009

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• My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Mother, Eye, Eight

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.

  Mae West

  Funny, Thank You, Jewels

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• Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Marriage, Pain

  Rita Rudner (2008). “I Still Have It . . . I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It: Confessions of a Fiftysomething”, p.86, Crown Archetype

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• For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

  Erma Bombeck

  Inspirational, Funny, Marriage

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• Jewellery takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

  Sarah Phillips

  Life, Fashion, Wrinkles

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• The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.

  Salvador Dali

  Love, Memories, Real

  Salvador Dali (2013). “The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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• I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate.

  Graham Greene

  Men, Dental Work, Appreciate

  Graham Greene (1980). “Travels with my aunt”

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• I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a diamond ring at Ping-Pong with their husband... ? Well, I did, and for all of these memories and the people in my life I feel blessed.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Husband, Memories, Blessed

  "Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry". Book by Elizabeth Taylor, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2002.

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• I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Fashion, Sunglasses, Radiance

  Twitter post from May 01, 2013

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

  William Morris

  Jewels, Jewelry, Strands

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• My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.

  Rita Rudner

  Sarcastic, Fake People, Husband

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