Welcome to Diamond Quotes, where the brilliance of language meets the eternal allure of diamonds. Diamonds have long captured the human imagination, symbolizing strength, endurance, and timeless beauty. From adorning royalty to becoming cherished symbols of love, diamonds have woven themselves into the fabric of our culture, inspiring poets, writers, and thinkers throughout history. In this curated collection, we gather some of the most profound and evocative quotes about diamonds, offering insight, inspiration, and perhaps a touch of sparkle to your day. Whether you seek words of wisdom, poetic musings, or simply a dash of glamour, you’ll find them all here, waiting to be discovered, cherished, and shared. So, let the brilliance of these diamond quotes illuminate your path and add a touch of sparkle to your journey.
I don’t wear diamond necklaces. I’m not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets. ASAP Rocky
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self. Benjamin Franklin
I feel like in L.A., you wake up, you put your diamond studs on, put your workout gear, your cute shades, and it is kind of the outfit you stay in the entire day. Adrienne Bailon
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
Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond. William Congreve
When you are given an opportunity to make a film like ‘Body of Lies’ – and I would put ‘Blood Diamond’ in the same category – of course you jump at these opportunities. Leonardo DiCaprio
For me, ‘Diamond Necklace’ is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour. Fahadh Faasil
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman… You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings. Andreas Capellanus
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. Thomas Carlyle
On a submicro scale, pure diamond is billions of billions of carbon atoms bonded to one another. If you shrunk yourself down and stood inside the diamond, you’d see nothing but carbon in a perfect pattern in every direction. Sam Kean
I’ve never had a diamond before, and now I’ve got a diamond surrounded by other diamonds and diamonds in places where, frankly, you don’t need diamonds at all, and I would have been happy with a piece of twine. Summer Phoenix
My boyfriend’s idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, ‘Go!’ Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn’t humiliating, not at all. Claudia Black
You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that’s flawless. You aren’t going to be able to buy the same diamond at Fortunoff, but it’s still a diamond you can enjoy. If fashion can allow you to have the Chanel mystique through a lipstick, then why shouldn’t art allow you to have that through a sweatshirt that says ‘Cremaster’ on it? Marc Jacobs
Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man – there’s your diamond in the rough. Larry David
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond. Hunter S. Thompson
Boron is carbon’s neighbor on the periodic table, which means it can do a passable carbon impression and wriggle its way into the matrix of a diamond. But it has one fewer electron, so it can’t quite form the same four perfect bonds. Sam Kean
‘Blade Runner’ is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don’t think you should ever touch it again. Rutger Hauer
Mike Tyson was one of the fighters who motivated me. How? We both used to train at the Golden Gloves boxing gym. I used to see his Rolls-Royce, his diamond Rolex on, and I said, ‘You know what? Those are the things that I want.’ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. Victor Hugo
Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives’ guy. He didn’t try to be what he wasn’t. He just did what he did – made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy. Michael Buble
When I was a very young kid, the first music that really turned me on was a new wave of British heavy metal – big, dumb rock music. There was a band called Diamond Head – they were basically the band that inspired Metallica. But I also liked bands like Saxon and Iron Maiden. Steven Wilson
My wedding was at home, so I didn’t really want to wear a veil in my house. Instead I wore a lot of diamond hair clips. They were brooches, actually, designed by Lorraine Schwartz. Georgina Chapman
I sort of found King Diamond in second grade, but I didn’t become a devoted Satanist until a few years later, but that was very much part of my adolescence as well. Tobias Forge
Diamond Dallas saved my life. He didn’t have to, but that’s the kind of guy he is. He’s helped so many people with his DDP Yoga. It’s just incredible with the lives he’s changing, the lives he’s affecting. I am so honored to be part of that. Jake Roberts
I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa. Djimon Hounsou
I don’t like American football. I think it’s boring and ridiculous and predictable. But baseball is very beautiful. It’s played on a diamond. Jim Jarmusch
My mother gave me a pair of diamond earrings when I was 13. It symbolised becoming a teenager. I also remember getting a collection of costume jewellery from my grandmother when I was in high school. Erin Wasson
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions. Saint Teresa of Avila
My mum, she loves a bargain hunt. You can’t buy her anything expensive. I remember I bought her a diamond bracelet for her birthday. I was being a nice son! She told me to take it back. Daniel Sturridge
This diamond has so many carats it’s almost a turnip. Richard Burton
One likes at the point of production to realize the maximum value, and diamond producers are no different. Nicky Oppenheimer
By creating a context of pressure, I can exact more preciseness, more brilliance. It’s just as if coal is subjected to enormous pressure, you can get a diamond. John J. McLaughlin
It’s no fun getting older. I might be wearing beautiful diamond earrings, but they can’t take away the pain of losing my hearing. Cilla Black
I cut ‘Diamond in My Crown’ in my home in Georgia, because I wanted to use an old 1848 pump organ that my mother-in-law had gotten for Emory for Christmas one year. His mother would be proud to know that pump organ was made use of. Patty Loveless
Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every song, but writers from Benny Goodman to Lieber & Stoller to Neil Diamond all kept offices there. Shawn Amos
When diamonds’ role in fuelling violent conflict in Africa gained worldwide attention, the diamond industry established the Kimberley process in order to keep “blood diamonds” out of international trade. Peter Singer
I’ve been enjoying playing with fashion – gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that. Jill Scott
I live in a small apartment in London, not some big house with a lot of security. I don’t like too much security. There’s no freedom. I’m a person, not some precious diamond that needs guarding every second. Julian Lennon
I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don’t have anything against that. Eartha Kitt
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
At 10, I heard Neil Diamond’s ‘Solitary Man’ and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond’s masterpiece that my heart was smashed. Dan Hill
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool. Joseph Roux
I have a treadmill, and I work out with my trainer, Julie Diamond, as often as possible. She’s so positive. Emily Deschanel
In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It’s their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education… it’s like a precious gift. It’s like a diamond. Malala Yousafzai
Anybody is able to doubt me. I say, ‘Come with your criticism to polish the diamond of the truth.’ People need to wake up to their own power. Everybody has this nature. Wim Hof
I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever. Anita Loos
To me this movie is about what is valuable. To one person it might be a stone; to someone else, a story in a magazine; to another, it is a child. The juxtaposition of one man obsessed with finding a valuable diamond with another man risking his life to find his son is the beating heart of this film. Edward Zwick
If I had a ringtone, it would probably be Neil Diamond. Evan Spiegel
I used to bodyguard for Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard. I used to bodyguard a lot of diamond merchants; I would travel with a suitcase full of diamonds and take them from point A to point B. My reputation grew because I was a professional. I did my job, and I was courteous – a no-nonsense guy. Mr. T
As a minority, no sooner do you learn to polish and cherish one chip on your shoulder than it’s taken off you and swapped for another. The jewellery of your struggles is forever on loan, like the Koh-i-Noor diamond in the crown jewels. Riz Ahmed
The diamond business has always been secretive. Nicky Oppenheimer
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond. Mae West
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind. William R. Alger
The best luxury in the world isn’t a diamond ring or a nice house – well, it could be – but it’s privacy. Margaret Trudeau
You do Batman right, and he’s going to be popular. He’s a great character. I was once asked by somebody if writing ‘Batman’ was like holding a Ming vase or something. And I said, ‘No, it’s like holding a big-ass diamond that you can’t break. You can throw him against the ceiling, against the floor, anywhere, and you just can’t break Batman.’ Frank Miller
I feel like a good pair of diamond studs goes a long way. They make everything look dressy, and you just seem more put together. Greta Gerwig
I love diamond facials – they leave me glowing and refreshed. Fergie
For me, marriage is about love, not paperwork. I’ve never been the kid who dreamed of the big white dress, the long veil, the fancy diamond ring. Crystal Bowersox
Orange County is a place where you can ask people if that’s their real hair color; you can ask them if that diamond is real; you can ask if that car is a lease. But you cannot ask if someone is a Democrat. Katie Porter
We had an apartment on west side of Central Park. The rent was very reasonable. We found out later that it belonged to a gangster called Legs Diamond and it was a front to his headquarters. It was fine. James Stewart
I probably learned most at MIT by teaching and working with Peter Diamond, who acted like a big brother to me during my time in the department. Eric Maskin
Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. Mary McLeod Bethune
I need to be looked after. I’m not talking about diamond rings and nice restaurants and fancy stuff – in fact, that makes me uncomfortable. I didn’t grow up with it, and it’s not me, you know. But I need someone to say to me, ‘Shall I run you a bath?’ or ‘Let’s go to the pub, just us.’ Kate Winslet
I have a spot on the horizon that I’m trying to hit: To write and direct adult dramedies. First of all, there’s really not a big market for them. Second of all, it’s like cracking a diamond. You’ve got to do it right. Mike Binder
The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people. Thomas Guthrie
That diamond cutter sign became my moniker. Diamond Dallas Page
And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time. Gerald Scarfe
I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but… I am embarrassed about them. It’s like: ‘My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn’t fit all my fifties.’ I mean – really. Shut up. Olivia Colman
That to me was the most poignant part of Diana’s wedding; as she was walking up the aisle and her eyes were going left to right, looking at people and smiling in the way that Diana did – and that diamond tiara glittering like mad. It was great. Bruce Oldfield
Diamond, for all its great beauty, is not nearly as interesting as the hexagonal plane of graphite. It is not nearly as interesting because we live in a three-dimensional space, and in diamond, each atom is surrounded in all three directions in space by a full coordination. Richard Smalley
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. Confucius
Whenever I fail as a father or husband… a toy and a diamond always works. Shah Rukh Khan
I was just really excited to win the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m in Moscow and then, to top that off, to win the Diamond Race in the 100m and 200m. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
I don’t really want a film as a present; you can get me a diamond ring. Maggie Cheung
At a earlier age, I was kind of into a pretty large scope or range of music from Hieroglyphics and the Hobo Junction guys and all that to like a lot of stuff that was in New York like Diamond D, Nas, Brand Nubian, of course Biggie, OC, Organized Confusion, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Digable Planets, who I just saw recently, and they killed it. Mahershala Ali
Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger. Chuck Tanner
You can get a diamond which is worth 10 cents; you can get a diamond of exactly the same size, which is worth a hundred dollars. Nicky Oppenheimer
Every man needs a good, solid watch. My favorite watch is the Presidential Rolex. I own many watches, but this one is usually the one on my wrist. I buy mine in the Diamond District in New York City. Classic. French Montana
Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw. William J. H. Boetcker
None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond. Lena Dunham
Wasn’t nobody wearing diamond necklaces until Jay-Z jumped out there with them. Pimp C
Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you’re an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else. Like Neil Diamond. Jason Aldean
Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren’t like producers, and can’t hear the diamond in the rough. Babyface
A big diamond necklace is nouveau riche, really. People who have wealth a long time don’t wear such things. Elsa Peretti
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
To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this ‘Diamond Eyes’ record. I was spending years making records. Chino Moreno
Ah… romance to me is spontaneity. It’s not diamond earrings; it’s a bunch of daffodils that’s freshly picked from the field. Kate Winslet
My co-winners, Peter Diamond and Christopher Pissarides, and I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for this very great honor. We each feel privileged and humbled to be named the winners of the 2010 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Dale T. Mortensen
Mozart and Neil Diamond may have begun with the same idea, but that a work of art is more than an idea is confirmed by the difference between the ‘Soave sia il vento’ and ‘Kentucky Woman.’ We have different words for ‘art’ and ‘idea’ because they are two different things. Mark Helprin
The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere. Queen Elizabeth II
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
My mother was the influence on me – my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background, and women were left at home. So my mother really was in charge of everything: the ballet, dance lessons, piano lessons, and latkes. Maira Kalman
I have been listening a lot to The Carpenters and Neil Diamond, Elton John, and thinking, like, ‘God, it’d be great to write a sort of subversive, alternative ballad,’ like Lou Reed does so well with ‘Perfect Day.’ And I really loved ‘Video Games’ – at the time, it hadn’t really got as big, but it’s a classic song; you can’t deny it. Bat for Lashes
The media is convincing people that if you have that ‘next thing,’ that diamond, the right car, then you’d be happier. Hill Harper
Lost – yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever. Horace Mann
Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities. Sheherazade Goldsmith
I bought my wife a beautiful diamond ring and I even had it engraved – with the price. Michael McIntyre
I’m not a professional entertainer. I’m not Neil Diamond. Cat Power
I am honoured to be taking part in the Diamond Jubilee flotilla along the Thames in my 20-foot rowing boat. The energy levels will be high, partly because I’m planning to ply the crew with thermos flasks filled with Typhoo! Ben Fogle
I loved being outside. We’d hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. Loretta Lynn
