Jewelry Boxes Quotes

• I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways.

  Jon Hamm

  Summer, Dad, Winter

  "Jon Hamm Is a Capital-M Man" by Alex Postman, www.elle.com. August 21, 2009.

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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 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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• Jewellery takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

  Sarah Phillips

  Life, Fashion, Wrinkles

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• The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.

  Grace Kelly

  Queens, Jewels, Pearls

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• I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

  Mae West

  Food, Humor, Sassy

  "The wit and wisdom of Mae West".

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• Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Positive, Christian

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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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• 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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• 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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• I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

  Plautus

  Beauty, Character, Jewels

  "Plautus: The little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. The rope".

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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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• Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

  Confucius

  Life, Success, Mistake

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• In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

  Honore de Balzac

  Jewels, Literature, Pearls

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• Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

  Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

  Memories, Men, Jewels

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• There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

  Pliny the Elder

  Sea, Purple, Oil

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• No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.

  Mae West

  Jewels, Gold, Digging

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Real, Jewels, Vices

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.8937, Delphi Classics

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• The only gift my dad ever bought me is still in my jewelry box. It died at 10 minutes to 11 decades ago, but the gold Caravelle watch keeps my dad alive. A watch isn't about keeping time. It's about stopping it.

  Regina Brett

  Dad, Gold, Watches

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• If you don't want people to look at you, Park had thought at the time, don't wear fishing lures in your hair. Her jewelry box must look like a junk drawer.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Hair, Fishing, People

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell YA Collection”, p.30, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I once gave a girl a bloody fake ear in a Tiffany jewelry box with a letter that said, “will you Gogh to prom with me?

  Matthew Gray Gubler

  Girl, Fake, Ears

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• I remove my wedding rings and put them in the jewelry box. So many others have done this. I am not the only one. I am not the only one. But here, I am the only one.

  Elizabeth Berg

  Here I Am, Done, Wedding Ring

  Elizabeth Berg (2000). “Open House: A Novel”, Random House Incorporated

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