John Ford
Film Director
"Diamonds cut diamonds."
Diamond quotes
Diamond
69 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mae West
Actress, Singer, Screenwriter
"Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often."
Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion Designer, Photographer
"I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial."
Confucius
Philosopher
"A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced."
Terry Pratchett
Author
"Inside every lump of coal there's a diamond waiting to get out."
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"A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond."
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"God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources — nothing! Nothing comes from the island that you can sustain a civilization on. What God gave the Japanese was a sense of style—maintained through the centuries through hard work and the disciplines of ambition."
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"The blood of a goat will shatter a diamond."
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"The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy."
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"Diamonds are a girls bestfriend"
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"Throw your diamonds in the sky if you feel the vibe"
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"Dope and diamonds, dope and diamonds, that's all that I want"
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"We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond."
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"So far no chemist has ever discovered exchange-value either in a pearl or a diamond."
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"Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning."
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"What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue."
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"Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever."
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"Men are my life, diamonds are my career."
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"When you die, they can make you into diamonds now. It’s scientific. That’s how I want to be remembered. I want to shine."
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"Diamonds are supposed to be a girl's best friend but it's impossible to know for sure where they have come from so I find it is safer just to avoid them altogether."
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