Remounted Family Diamonds Quotes

I'll just do a round around of the house and make sure the rest of the family are fast asleep. We don't want that sharp-nosed aunt of yours catching us when we find the diamonds." "What diamonds?" "Think positive for once ... Which would you rather, diamonds or the remains of a murdered maidservant? It's all a question of attitude. ~ Kerstin Gier

I've never had a diamond before, and now I've got a diamond surrounded by other diamonds and diamonds in places where, frankly, you don't need diamonds at all, and I would have been happy with a piece of twine. ~ Summer Phoenix

If only children could be more like diamonds. At least they could then be faceted by the numbers and shine according to the maker's cut and polish grade. Plus, diamonds did not get hurt. I almost slapped myself for constantly thinking about diamonds, even in terms of my own children, who, unlike diamonds, could actually love me back. ~ Chiara Kelly

When diamonds' role in fuelling violent conflict in Africa gained worldwide attention, the diamond industry established the Kimberley process in order to keep "blood diamonds" out of international trade. ~ Peter Singer

I have a Rolex, but no diamonds. Rappers wear diamonds to compensate for a lack of fashion sense. I don't even have pierced ears - I'm not into that; it's too much. ~ ASAP Rocky

I don't apologize for my diamonds, Rolls-Royce, Range Rover, or anything. Look, Queen Elizabeth has more diamonds than me. Why don't people attack her for it? ~ Kimora Lee Simmons

On every birthday, I ask my wife, 'What would you like this year?' and her instant reply is, 'Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds!' I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants me! ~ Akshay Kumar

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. ~ Thomas Browne

For a life where diamonds really are forever ~ Bethany Anne Miller

If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor. ~ Joan Rivers

All I really want is to be wonderful ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Are these real diamonds?" I once asked, and she said, "Why have them if they're not? ~ Elizabeth Berg

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout. ~ Sara Sheridan

I live my life inside a dream,
only waking when I sleep ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I'm gonna leave you drowning until you reach for my hand. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

If you want a watch with diamonds on the bezel, you don't need me. ~ Richard Mille

It's diamonds in your pockets one week, macaroni and cheese the next. ~ Jolene Blalock

Pressure does two things – bursts pipes and creates diamonds. Which one are you? ~ Brian Cook

Diamonds are a key component in the campaign to make poverty history. ~ Nicky Oppenheimer

Sometimes I ignore you so I feel in control. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I grew up in a home where diamonds were the subject. ~ Beny Steinmetz

Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges, and brownish tints known romantically as 'champagne.' ~ Sam Kean

Every woman deserves diamonds, and even if you can't afford to go out and buy diamonds for yourself or you don't have actual stone diamonds, I think when we look at ourselves we should refer to ourselves as a precious stone. ~ Nia Long

You're never gonna love me,
so what's the use? ~ Marina And The Diamonds

She was feeling supernatural tonight. She wanted to EAT diamonds. ~ Angela Carter

Diamonds - that'll shut her up ... for a minute! ~ Ron White

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray

I never think in terms of gold, currency, diamonds. I'm not clever enough for that. ~ Lars Larsen

Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique. ~ Jaclyn Smith

The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems. ~ Samuel Lover

We're seeing diamonds coming back into favor. ~ Nicky Oppenheimer

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. ~ Mary Wortley Montagu

Not everyone is out screw you over/
Maybe, just maybe they just wanna get to know ya. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I wear black diamonds instead of regular ones because I'm not flashy, just flossssy. ~ Justin Bieber

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. ~ Samuel Johnson

Priceless diamonds often shape in worthless dirt. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

'Raining Diamonds' talks about knowing there's something better out there. You don't have to just settle. ~ Ricki-Lee Coulter

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

We all need to become more customer-focused and recognize the power of marketing to sell more diamonds. ~ Nicky Oppenheimer

I guess I was too blind to see the shiny diamonds in my hands. Dropped them while running in my own world, seeking gold. ~ Mohammed Zeyara

I love to put on diamonds and beautiful evening gowns and make my girl-friends upset. ~ Zsa Zsa Gabor

Nobody will admit to playing power games in relationships, but they do. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

However, the good news was that smaller, more flawed diamonds could potentially yield exceptional brilliance if given just the right cut and polish - only at a lesser price, which often gave more people hope. It is thanks to these smaller, more imperfect diamonds that the vast majority with modest means could experience the elation of sporting the empress of gemstones. Smaller diamonds undoubtedly possessed this unique power in their numbers. ~ Chiara Kelly

My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds. ~ Donatella Versace

The diamonds glinted under the glare of the chandelier and they looked like a thousand spider eyes ~ Kate Chisman

Diamonds never leave you ... men do! ~ Shirley Bassey

There's no one particular road that will lead you to success. I think everybody will find it differently. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I don't like flowers, chocolate, cakes or diamonds either, I am definitely not a hard one to impress. ~ Pushpa Rana

I'm a fucking wildcard. ~ Marina Diamandis Marina And The Diamonds

You could say that my life's a mess. But, I'm still looking pretty in this dress. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Diamonds are forever, my youth is not. ~ Jill St. John

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

Blood diamonds, she thought. That's exactly what these are. She felt almost as superstitious as the Africans now, as if the pink diamonds themselves had somehow caused all this hardship and death. ~ Mike Wells

I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Stars of love burn bright
'till they're ready to die
the broken spend their lives
staring at the sky ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
Sold my soul and yeah, the truth hurts. ~ Marina Diamandis Marina And The Diamonds

I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I know I've got a big ego. I really don't know why it's such a big deal, though. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

What I hate is that not many people admit to having a big ego, but you have to - and there's nothing wrong with it. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Success, I've come to realise, is fleeting so you shouldn't value it too much. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds. ~ Alexander McCall Smith

I consider myself a feminist because I believe women should have equal rights. Of course. It's just that the term 'feminism' conjures up other things for people. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Right now I have the suspicion that the ace of diamonds is trapped forever, face down, beneath the king of diamonds, which is sneering at me like Juror Number Five, and my whole life feels like a similar misshuffle. ~ Daniel Handler

Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Family is just accident, Jessie. It's nothing personal, hon. They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are. ~ Marsha Norman

Dreams are better than diamonds. ~ Khalid Masood

Love is not the least bit intimidated by our big, fat, hairy problems. He continues to go about
the work of unveiling the diamonds we were made to be. ~ Catherine Toon

Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill. ~ Nicky Oppenheimer

I've decided that I am totally against jewelry. So I have all fake. There's no reason to have real diamonds. People think it's real anyway. ~ Liza Minnelli

Perhaps she had received diamonds, Strike thought; she had always said she didn't care for such things, but when they argued the glitter of all he could not give her had sometimes been flung back hard in his face ... ~ Robert Galbraith

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. ~ Brad Henry

I gazed up at the stars as I waited. They twinkled down at me, like a huge handful of diamonds someone had coated in glue and thrown on the ceiling. ~ Kelly Batten

How about "diamonds are a girl's best friends"? Nope. It should be switched around and pointed out, instead, that your best friends are diamonds. ~ Gina Barreca

I'm obsessed with the mess that's America. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. ~ Robert Green Ingersoll

Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities. ~ Sheherazade Goldsmith

I have sold my soul. I would sell my soul, if I could have it all. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I think I actually did write about love because I kind of had a fear of it, like we all do, nobody wants to get hurt. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about bands I love. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I think each human being wants to make their mark on the world in whatever way they can, and maybe everyone has a slight egomaniac inside of them. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys. ~ Bobby Darin

... the river sliding along its banks, darker now than the sky descending a last time to scatter its diamonds into these black waters that contain the day that passed, the night to come.
- Excerpt from the poem The Mercy ~ Philip Levine

You see, insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops. ~ Joseph Kesselring

It's ok to say you've got a weak spot,you don't always have to be on top.
Better to be hated then loved(x3) for what you're not. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Her heart is of a much harder material ... A diamond. Beautiful, but deadly ...
And amid people with hearts of diamonds, it is best to remember that no one is exempt from their malevolence. Not even themselves. ~ Katlyn Charlesworth

Everybody is different. Some people like to share more. I just wouldn't want to spoil someone's opinion of me by them knowing me as a person instead of an artist. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

If people want something to be wrong about you - they are going to make things wrong about you. That is why it is my belief to never try and prove anything to anyone. Real diamonds belong to people who know how to spot a real diamond; they don't belong to people who need to be convinced that they are real diamonds. It's the idiots who need to be convinced of something that they cannot already see. ~ C. JoyBell C.

Rejection is a universally embarrassing topic and 'Electra Heart' is my response to that. It is a frank album. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I was so motivated and thought that if I did I wouldn't succeed. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I'm vulnerable, I'm vulnerable. I am not a robot. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I feel numb most of the time
The lower I get the higher I'll climb ~ Marina And The Diamonds

Burlesque girls were alchemists. They were steel-tough performers who were willing to use kitchens as dressing rooms, haul their costume bags through the snow, and go into debt over fake diamonds, all for the five minutes onstage when they were goddesses. ~ Molly Crabapple

When you have countries that have a lot of minerals and diamonds and oil and are in business with companies from all over the world - but these companies don't share, really, their profits - this is called post-post-colonial. ~ Claire Denis

I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't warm up, and I don't know how other singers do it. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

I remember thinking as a child that diamonds were stars that fell from the sky as shooting stars. You can only imagine my disappointment at learning the truth of them. I still prefer the stars. ~ Barbara Lieberman

That's when you know you really fit with someone - when you can just sit there and not do anything. Kind of ignoring each other. ~ Marina And The Diamonds

The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including whether they have a history. But because of the rarity of blue boron diamonds, they often fetch more money than gems of similar quality. ~ Sam Kean

I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to give up crisps, or make my boobs shrink for that matter. Alas, I will never fit a size zero. ~ Marina And The Diamonds