In my very first interview, at nine years old, I said I wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. That was the first time I said it out loud in front of somebody other than my parents. – Dominique Moceanu
Tourism is important because it can create sustainable local economies. I’d much rather have 1,000 tourists going up the Tambopata than 1,000 gold miners. – Frans Lanting
We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be. – Denis Kearney
It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me. – Dan O’Brien
Looking back, I’m so proud to have gone to five Olympics – I believe only three other Americans have achieved that. My true gold medal, though, is my daughter, Karsen, who is 18 months old. And I have a wonderful husband, Mike. – Gail Devers
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. – Euripides
When very large stars die, they create temperatures so high that protons begin to fuse in all sorts of exotic combinations, to form all the elements of the periodic table. If, like me, you’re wearing a gold ring, it was forged in a supernova explosion. – David Christian
Brazil doesn’t get a lot of gold medals, so whenever I get a chance, everybody expects me to win, and to get second is a big disappointment. – Cesar Cielo
Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models. – David Rudisha
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done. – Michael Johnson
When I was a child, I loved ‘The Marble Faun’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The reason I liked it was because it had a beautiful binding. When you’re a kid, you like books because they’re pretty to look at, and this one had a white calfskin cover and gold edges. That was enough to make me love it. – Edmund White
In an extreme credit crunch, leveraged purchases of gold cause forced sales, because any price correction triggers margin calls. As a result, gold can be very volatile – upward and downward – at the peak of a crisis. – Nouriel Roubini
For like everyday, just kind of hanging out, I love flannels. Part of my closet, there’s a whole section of flannels because I love them so much. Slouchy, oversized hats and fedoras. I just got these 2 amazing hats that I really love, blue and gold trim with woven material by D&Y. I love D&Y hats. – Nina Dobrev
What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts. – Paul Singer
I’d rather get a nice warmup suit. That’s something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money. – Eric Heiden
The Philippines, it has a politics of patronage. Family and favors, in addition to the old cliche of guns, goons and gold, really do still hold a lot of sway. – Miguel Syjuco
In 1900, as the immigrants come down the gangplank into Jersey City, they expect the streets to be paved with gold, and they were only paved with gold in Frank Baum’s ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ of course. – David Levering Lewis
All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser. – Dan Hill
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. – Gail Devers
After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It’s in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin’ at it. – Carl Perkins
Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I’d be lying if I said that’s not what I wanted. – Cate Campbell
I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It’s my fire and fuel, life and dream, everything. – Caroline Buchanan
To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player. – Ma Long
I have a little bit of a pet peeve about how the middle class is depicted in movies. I feel like they tend to be either depicted in a very sentimental way, where everybody has a heart of gold except for the villains you’re supposed to hiss at, or there’s a sort of indie-style version… When it’s done well, it’s brilliant, it’s ‘Blue Velvet.’ – Greg Mottola