Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.
The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet.
It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.
I held a jewel in my fingers And went to sleep. The day was warm, and winds were prosy; I said: "'T will keep." I woke and chid my honest fingers,— The gem was gone; And now an amethyst remembrance Is all I own.
I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
Ah, the feeling you get holding a diamond in your hand! It seems to bore into your skin, to burn, to breathe. It's like holding a bit of the moon in your hand.
You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. It is unstealable. And no one receives either more or less than you receive.
Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.
I have a world championship medal from 2014, but I can't find it. So I'm missing one. I think it's at my sister's house. I have to find it.
I'd rather somebody punch me in the face than drop my sax.
Now is now. Here is my treasure.
Did I throw the most important thing perhaps, by accident, away?