(74 quotes found)
“It was not a bosom to repose upon, but it was a capital bosom to hang jewels upon.”
Charles Dickens
“I came to Rutgers to try to build Rutgers to become the jewel of the East. I really think a lot of people got bent out of shape thinking that we claimed to be the jewel of the East. I don't know where you're going to get 'jewel' when you are undiscovered and unpolished. What we hoped to do was become the jewel of the East. I think anybody who loves competition has to appreciate someone who is going to push the envelope a little bit in terms of competing.”
C. Vivian Stringer
“If I had a palace made of pearls, inlaid with jewels, scented with musk, saffron and sandalwood, a sheer delight to behold - seeing this, I might go astray and forget You, and Your Name would not enter into my mind.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“We do want to get a maximum use out of everything we've got. These are the jewels in our city's crown. So let's show them off.”
Bruce Perlman
“The electronics part of Delphi really is one of its crown jewels.”
David Cole
“I think at the moment they're riding a crest. The entire jeweled trend is waning, and by the end of the year it might crash and burn.”
David Wolfe
“This is our crown jewel. It's the community's building.”
Barb Skogen
“He is the Assayer of jewels, He contemplates the jewel.”
Guru Gobind Singh
“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.”
Thomas Carlyle
