Gold/mining

Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or mining:

“He said there was gold here. He lied. He is not perfect.”
—Robert Bolt (1924–1995)

“In strict science, all persons underlie the same condition of an infinite remoteness. Shall we fear to cool our love by mining for the metaphysical foundation of this elysian temple? Shall I not be as real as the things I see? If I am, I shall not fear to know them for what they are.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)