1849 Gold Quotes & Sayings

This independent report clearly indicates that while we may differ among ourselves in government about what to spend money on, we have one of the most reliable and non-political processes for agreeing on how much money there is. We don't play games with the numbers. — Ruth Ann Minner

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path. I shall be a litterateur, at least, all my life; nor would I abandon the hopes which still lead me on for all the gold in California.
EDGAR ALLAN POE TO FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS
FEBRUARY 14, 1849 — Andrew Barger

Some people should never be told truth. Their stomachs are not mature enough for that type of food — Bangambiki Habyarimana

If you vote for candidates who think it's the role of the state to provide health care, don't complain when your hospitals are as badly run as everything else run by the state. — Daniel Hannan

Find comfort in the knowledge that no imitator ever comes off as well as the original. — Ann Landers

Because we love the Lord, we should be spiritually sensitive to moments when the powerful and important truths of the gospel can be shared with others. Perhaps more importantly, however, we should seek at all times to purify ourselves and to lead such worthy lives that the Light of Christ emanates from us in all that we say and do. Our day-to-day lives should stand as immutable witness of our faith in Christ. — M. Russell Ballard

I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, — Benjamin Franklin

Among the most compelling truths in some of the early photographs is their implication of silence. — Robert Adams

I never did acid, I am just so high anyway. — Cilla Black

But now behold,
In the quick forge and working-house of thought,
How London doth pour out her citizens! — William Shakespeare

Irreverence, independent-mindedness and a hunger for far-off cultures have defined it {San Francisco} ever since people began streaming into the area in 1849 in search of new fortunes from gold, and a settlement of 812 souls became within two years a city of almost 25,000, many from China, Korea and Australia, clustered around more than 1,000 gambling houses. — Pico Iyer