My family could only afford to get me the box of eight Crayola crayons, but I craved the one with all 24 colours. I wanted magenta and turquoise and silver and gold. – Joni Mitchell
I think it’s when I won the Youth Olympics I thought, ‘I can really get gold in London.’ – Jade Jones
The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at. – Jesse Owens
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine. – Jeremy Taylor
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. – Jonathan Swift
The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world below. The thirst for gold is responsible for the most regrettable lapses into sin. – Jules Verne
To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records. – Jakob Dylan
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. – J. R. R. Tolkien
The dollar used to be a gold standard currency. And the dollar is really good in the last century, I mean in the 19th century. – John Forbes Nash, Jr.
It’s amazing to get one Olympic gold, but you have to be a legend to get two. And that’s definitely my aim. – Jade Jones
Most credit cards provide some sort of protection against a defective purchase, and with gold or platinum cards, you’ll often get double the manufacturer’s warranty. You’re also not immediately out your own money if something goes wrong. – Jean Chatzky
I’ve got two Rolexes that I’m very proud of – a gold Presidential that was a gift and a white gold one I gifted myself. I’m trying to step my game up and get a few more of those. – J. Cole
There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren’t a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too. – James Harden
During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in the ’80s and ’90s, it goes without saying that Pakistan would have bagged a plethora of medals through us at these games. And yes, the ultimate prize would have been an Olympic gold. – Jahangir Khan
Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years. – John C. Maxwell
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. – J. R. R. Tolkien
A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside. – James Stephens
We must get into the picture business. This is a new industry and a gold mine. it looks like another telephone industry. – Joseph P. Kennedy
I’ve become accustomed to playing the good guy – maybe a rough exterior, but a heart of gold in there somewhere. – Jeffrey Dean Morgan
If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it’s worth several million dollars. Just one song! And it might have taken you two hours to do it. It’s like mining for gold. It takes a lot of skill and a lot of technique. – Jewel
I’m really into tall boots. I just got some new ones from Michael Kors that have these little gold studs. I have Valentino ones that I really love. Real, real tall boots! – Bella Thorne
And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that’s been pushing me forward. – Alicia Sacramone
Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top. … Then we had George Foster come in; Ken Griffey Sr. was as good a two-place hitter as there has ever been in the game, and Cesar Geronimo won four Gold Glove awards. I mean, how could you ask for a better team? – Johnny Bench
I look up to Rihanna and Rita Ora. They obviously wear a lot of gold jewelry and have this urban feel to them. – Becky G