#diamond

It is wrong to wear diamonds before luncheon, except on one’s marriage rings. Before, after, and during breakfast, luncheon and dinner, it is vulgar to wear a mixture of colored precious stones. It is always a comfort to know that so many things one can’t afford to do anyway are vulgar. ↗

— Judith Martin

#etiquette #vulgarity #marriage

There comes a moment when the silence between two people can have the purity of a diamond. ↗

— Philippe Djian

#diamond #love #silence #love

I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid I'll never get a chance to live! ↗

— A.A. Bell

#diamond-eyes #fantasy #humour #inspirational #science-fiction

Vaporized by the sun! Wasn't that what the universe had in store for all of us? There would come a day when the sun exploded like a red balloon, and everyone on earth would be reduced in less than a camera flash to carbon. Didn't Genesis say as much? For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. This was far more than dull old theology: It was precise scientific observation! Carbon was the Great Leveler--the Grim Reaper. Diamonds were nothing more than carbon, but carbon in a crystal lattice that made it the hardest known mineral in nature. That was the way we all were headed. I was sure of it. We were destined to be diamonds! ↗

— Alan Bradley

#death #diamonds #art

At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls. ↗

— Aberjhani

#charlie-parker #creativity #diamonds #genius #jazz-music

It [Bach's cello suites] is like a great diamond," said [Mischa] Maisky in a thick Russian accent, "with so many different cuts that reflect light in so many different ways. ↗

— Eric Siblin

#cello #cello-suites #diamonds #music #poetry

It's sort of an action flick. You can't be that funny trying to steal diamonds. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#diamonds #flick #funny #sort #steal

Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#brick #diamond #flaw #man #more

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. ↗

— Juvenal

#diamonds #exterior #individuals #like #many

You do Batman right, and he's going to be popular. He's a great character. I was once asked by somebody if writing 'Batman' was like holding a Ming vase or something. And I said, 'No, it's like holding a big-ass diamond that you can't break. You can throw him against the ceiling, against the floor, anywhere, and you just can't break Batman.' ↗

— Frank Miller

#anywhere #asked #batman #break #ceiling