Diamond In The Rough Quotes

Diamond In The Rough Quotes by Joseph Joubert, Babyface, Tina Fey, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lord Chesterfield, Juvenal and many others.

Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing an

Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.
Joseph Joubert
You can find a diamond in the rough a lot of times.
Babyface
Yeah, it’s tough being smart and sexy, too. I have to say, I’m really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date. I promise you it’s true. My husband Jeff Richmond saw a diamond in the rough and took me in.
Tina Fey
I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
I have to say, I’m really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date.
Tina Fey
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished.
Lord Chesterfield
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Juvenal
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
Lord Chesterfield
Born of the impossibly varied options we have to amuse ourselves, cutting-edge companies are finding innovative ways to tailor our entertainment choices to who we are, relieving us of the burden of finding the diamond in the rough of 500 TV channels or thousands of movies and music albums released every year.
Marcus Buckingham
A kiss on the hand may feel very, very good, but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever.
Anita Loos
I would say Will came at a time in my life where he saw beauty in me that I didn’t see in myself at the time. And, you know, he saw a diamond in the rough and kind of, picked me up and blew off all the dust and said, ‘I’m telling you, I’m going to make you shine, girl.’
Jada Pinkett Smith
Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man – there’s your diamond in the rough.
Larry David
The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
Daniel Defoe
Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
Mary McLeod Bethune