Gold Obsession Quotes

The obsession with gold, actually and politically, occurs among those who regard economics as a branch of morality. Gold is solid, gold is durable, gold is rare, gold is even (in certain very peculiar circumstances) convertible. To believe in thrift, solidity and soundness is to believe in some way in the properties of gold.

It never bothered me that people made fun of my passion for gold... I would never feel bad when people ridiculed me for my fascination with gold.

The cursed hunger for gold. -Auri sacra fames

The real yellow peril: Gold.

Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

I thought there was something inherently interesting in people turning to gold. It's pretty cool.

Are you under the power of gold?

O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!

The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine souls have been blighted in the gloom of poverty the world will never know.

We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.

We are all slaves to the shining metal.

I wear gold all of the time. I collect gold like a magpie.

Who values gold above all, considers all else as trifling.

The accursed hunger for gold.

Spencer was searching for a woman interested in gold, inorganic chemistry, outdoor sex and the music of Bach. In short, he was looking for himself, only female.

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

I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.

The plainest print cannot be read through a gold eagle.