My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don’t have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. – Sarah Shahi
Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I’ve won. I’m still the same person. I’m Sheryl. – Sheryl Swoopes
What we have to be careful is that if we drop interest rates where the rate of interest is lower than inflation, then savers will not put money in financial savings and move it to gold and real estate, which is bad for India. – Uday Kotak
People have said to me, You can’t write songs. You can’t play an instrument. But I’ve got 10 gold records. – Sonny Bono
Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years. – Sally Pearson
My first gold medal, at my first Olympics, is kind of a surprise to me. I never thought I would be in this position, but I’m so blessed and honored to be on the medal stand. – Simone Manuel
I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I wanted to be in the Olympics. I thought I was going to be able to win a gold medal, and my mind was pretty much set on ‘this is what I want to do’. – Sheila E.
As per the age-old Customs and Central Excise Rules 1967, a person is allowed to carry only Rs 20,000 worth of gold. – Vayalar Ravi
We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part. – Vivienne Westwood
There was a lot of politics going on, and Ireland were denied an Olympic gold medal in 2008. – Tyson Fury
I’m very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch. – Woody Allen
I own a mortgage company and a real estate company funded by the music. Florida is a kinda gold mine. – Vanilla Ice
If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping. – Sophocles
I’ll buy an old jacket and attach gold buttons and a couple royal patches. Or I’ll find an old busted sweatshirt, tear out the zipper, and replace it with a $700 zipper. I make things my own. – Theophilus London
Researching and writing about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98 was one of the most exciting and involving projects I’ve undertaken. – Will Hobbs
Nothing is written in stone. So don’t prepare yourself for a long and lucrative career. You might die tomorrow. Your gold holdings might become dust. Just make the music you want to make now and enjoy it. – Yoko Ono
Outside came in ’60. The Edge in ’61. All three made Gold, but the biggest seller was Inside. – Shelley Berman
Fifty years ago wealth was stored and transmitted physically through gold bars, stock certificates, bank notes, and coins. – Scott Cook
I don’t need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods. – Tommy Lee
London was the hardest Olympic Games, and before it, I was really just hoping to win a medal, even if it was not the gold medal. At the same time, I have my next target. I am not settling for three golds in a row. I now want to try for a fourth. – Saori Yoshida
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is. – Thomas More
My goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, and I’ll fight and continue going until I do that. – Troy Dumais
But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late. – Will Carleton
People say, ‘Wow, you’ve achieved it all this year: two world championship wins and an Olympic gold medal.’ And I think, ‘Yeah, but how come I feel so unsatisfied and under pressure all over again?’ – Victoria Pendleton
When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package. – Sammy Hagar