Famous quotes containing the words world and/or diamond:
“My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“Every time an ashtray is missing from a hotel, they don’t come looking for you. But let a diamond bracelet disappear in France and they shout John Robie, the Cat. You don’t have to spend every day of your life proving your honesty, but I do.”
—John Michael Hayes (b.1919)