#jewel

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. ↗

— Alan Watts

#being #brain #ears #enchanted #experience

Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish. ↗

— William Allen White

#cherish #consistency #jewel #men #only

I don't buy fur coats or jewelry. I have old cars. ↗

— Peta Wilson

#cars #coats #fur #i #jewelry

Clothes should just be like a beautiful setting for a jewel: They should offset you. ↗

— Shalom Harlow

#clothes #jewel #just #just be #like

There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could come back at any minute and catch us. ↗

— John Hench

#atmosphere #back #been #catch #come

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#approaches #attention #downright #everyone #force

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#jewel #joy #prize #striving #toy

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#diamond #dust #heaven #jewels

It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations. ↗

— Maurice Chevalier

#furs #jewels #men #quotations #same

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry. ↗