Gold Quotes

Gold has been an object of fascination since the beginning of time. Poet laureates, celebrated authors, movie stars, and corporate moguls share the same interest in this mighty element; and honestly, why not? Gold is beautiful, valuable and elegant. Of course, we’re a little biased. We can’t seem to get enough of AU. But we’re not alone in that sentiment. Here’s what other people have to say about gold.

ARTISTS & WRITERS

MARTHA GRAHAM: “Fire is the test of gold: adversity, of strong men.”

LEO TOLSTOY: “Truth, like gold, is not to be obtained by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.”

JOHN KEATS: “Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms seen.”

LORD TENNYSON: “Love is the only gold.”

CHARLES DICKENS: “As good as gold.”

ANTOINE RIVAROL: “Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.”

LORD BYRON: “O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapor.”

ABERJHANI: “Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.”

JEYN ROBERTS: “I am a beautiful and intelligent woman. Anything I touch will turn to gold.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: “Gold - what can it not do, and undo?”

PINDAR: “Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.”

GEORGE HERBERT: “Gold opens all locks. No lock will hold against the power of gold.”

UFUOMA APOKI: “The beauty about gold, though, is that in all states, from uncertainty to conviction, it never once gives up its luster.”

CELEBRITIES

DIANA ROSS: “You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.”

MICHAEL JORDAN: “They don’t give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody.”

TYLER PERRY: “He who has the gold makes the rules.”

MR. T: “I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold...Rules.”

CORPORATE TITANS

J.P. MORGAN: “Gold is money. Everything else is credit.”

TOBA BETA: “Never trust money more than gold.”

PETE WATERMAN: “Everything I touch turns to gold.”

FILM CHARACTERS

MIKE MYERS as GOLDMEMBER: “I love gold! The look of it! The smell of it! The taste of it! The texture! I love gold so much that I lost my genitalia in an unfortunate smelting accident. Hence the name...Goldmember.”

MARILYN MONROE as SUGAR KANE KOWALCZYK in SOME LIKE IT HOT: “Real diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold.”

TYRONE POWER as JONATHAN KENT in BRIGHAM YOUNG: “Gold. You know, next to the Lord and maybe the land, I reckon it’s the most powerful thing there is.”

ANCIENT PROVERBS

Ancient civilizations were enamored of gold, as seen here in this ancient Roman statue.

ITALIAN PROVERB: “Where gold speaks, every tongue is silent.”

LATIN PROVERB: “He who fishes well uses a golden hook.”

TURKISH PROVERB: “If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.”

EGYPTIAN PROVERB: “Silence is golden.”