Golden Quotes - Page 12

• If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

  John Bunyan

  Peace, Feet, Mind

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• I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

  Carol Burnett

  Stars, Two, Dancer

  "Comedian Carol Burnett dishes". Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. May 11, 2010.

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• It is tact that is golden, not silence.

  Samuel Butler

  Silence, Programming, Butlers

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Fall, Ties, Discovery

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• A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Golden Rule, Incomplete, Oneself

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles.

  Hillary Clinton

  Religious, Believe, People

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• I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.

  Sheryl Crow

  Labs

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• I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

  Bette Davis

  Congratulations, Apples, Goal

  Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

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• Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Christian, Wall, School

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.

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• You go to something like the Golden Globes, and it's the most glamorous place you could ever be, but then you go home and you're still like, 'Urgh, this dress is too tight, I wanna take off these shoes and put on my pyjamas.' At the end of the night all the glamour goes away and you're just a human.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Home, Night, Shoes

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• It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.'

  Novak Djokovic

  Butterfly, Thinking, Giving

  "Novak - I can win the 'golden slam'". Interview with Pedro Pinto, edition.cnn.com. February 8, 2012.

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• I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Awards, Mtv, Popcorn

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• I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Girl, Needs, Comedy

  Interview with Joel Keller, www.avclub.com. June 9, 2011.

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• The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  George Eliot (2016). “Scenes of Clerical Life: Top Novelist Focus”, p.210, 谷月社

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• It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

  Epicurus

  Lying, Perspective, Fearless

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• The worship of the golden calf of old (cf. Ex 32:15-34) has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal.

  Pope Francis

  Goal, Heartless, Worship

  Pope Francis' Address to the New Non-Resident Ambassadors to the Holy See: Kyrgyzstan, Antigua and Barbuda, Luxembourg and Botswana, w2.vatican.va. May 16, 2013.

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• When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever.

  Noel Gallagher

  Cheer, Eggs, People

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• Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public lands. That's right. Even if you don't own a house or the latest computer on the market, you own Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and many other natural treasures.

  John Garamendi

  Yellowstone, Land, House

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• Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Hands, Eggs, Directors

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

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• That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Witty, Gratitude

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• The golden thread of reason that used to be stretched taut to mark the boundary between the known and the unknown is now routinely disrespected.

  Al Gore

  Boundaries, Reason, Used

  Al Gore (2009). “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis”, Rodale Books

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• I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.

  Ryan Gosling

  Growing Up, Kids, Boys

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• A coalition with Tories and Liberal Democrats together is a golden opportunity to create the sort of planning reform that means not only can we have more environmentally sensitive planning, but we can have more homes and more schools.

  Michael Gove

  School, Mean, Home

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• As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.

  Douglas Hyde

  Educational, Passing Away, Culture

  Douglas Hyde (1986). “Language, lore, and lyrics: essays and lectures”, Irish Academic Pr

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• The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

  Randall Jarrell

  Birthday, Yellow, People

  Randall Jarrell (1965). “A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables”

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