“Investors, monarchies, and parliamentarians devised methods to control the processes of wealth accumulation and the power that came with it, but the ideology behind gold fever mobilized settlers to cross the Atlantic to an unknown fate. Subjugating entire societies and civilizations, enslaving whole countries, and slaughtering people village by village did not seem too high a price to pay, nor did it appear inhumane. The systems of colonization were modern and rational, but its ideological basis was madness.” PeopleCountryWholeSeemsProcessWealthPayBehindsFateModernCivilizationCrossesGoldBasesMadnessMethodRationalIdeologyVillageInvestorsAccumulationMonarchyFeverIdeologicalColonizationSettlersInhumane Author:Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
“We have made it possible, without gold and without foreign exchange, to maintain the value of the German mark. Behind the German mark stands the German capacity for work, while some foreign countries, suffocated by gold, have been compelled to devalue their currencies.” Has BeensMadeCountryValuesBehindsCapacityGoldMarkMade ItCurrencyCompelledForeign CountriesDevalueForeign Exchange Author:Adolf Hitler
“There were a lot of people shouting out. I know it's not proper tennis etiquette, but this is the first time I've ever played here that the crowd has been behind me like that. Today I felt American, you know, for the first time at the U.S. Open. So I've waited my whole career to have this moment and here it is. ... It was great. It was awesome. It was like winning gold.” PeopleKnowsFirstsHas BeensWholeMomentsTodayWinningFeltBehindsCareersFirst TimeGoldCrowdsTennisEtiquetteShouting Author:Venus Williams
“Maybe we should always show pictures. Bin Laden, pictures of our wounded service people, pictures of maimed innocent civilians. We can only make decisions about war if we see what war actually is - and not as a video game where bodies quickly disappear leaving behind a shiny gold coin.” PeopleIfsShouldWarShowsBodyGamesDecisionBehindsGoldLeavingDisappearVideoInnocentWoundedCoinsCiviliansBin LadenGold Coins Author:Jon Stewart
“When I'm teaching, I'm not really doing my job if the student who's always comfortable doing wacko stuff all over the page keeps getting gold stars from me for doing wacko stuff all over the page. A riskier assignment for that student, who might be used to hiding behind a lot of formal armor, would be to try to do something straightforward, traditionally, in which they are much more directly laid bare for the reader.” IfsTryingMightWould BeJobsUsedStarsStuffBehindsTeachingStudentsReaderComfortablePagesGoldHidingFormalStraightforwardArmorAssignments Author:John D'Agata
“When most people looked at Josie Tyrell, they only saw a certain collection of bones, a selection of forms filling space. But Michael saw past the mouth and the eyes, the architecture of the body, her fleshly masquerade. Other boys were happy enough to enjoy the show, they just wanted to be entertained in the body's shadow theater. But Michael had to come backstage. He went down into the mines, into the dark, and brought up the gold, your new self, a better self. But what good was it if he was just going to leave her behind?” PeopleIfsSelfEnoughShowsBodyEyeWantedPastFormCertainEnjoyDarkSpaceBehindsBoysSawsMinesMouthsShadowGoldTheaterBonesArchitectureCollectionsSelectionFillingMasqueradeNew SelfJosie Author:Janet Fitch
“Her nakedness was not absolute, for like Manet's _Olympia__, behind her ear she had a poisonous flower with orange petals, and she also wore a gold bangle on her right wrist and a necklace of tiny pearls. I imagined I would never see anything more exciting for as long as I lived, and today I can confirm that I was right.” LongI CanTodayBehindsFlowerGoldEarsExcitingAbsolutesTinyPearlsOrangeWristsPetalsPoisonousNecklacesBangles Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“(...) And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)” BehindsPrideFineCatGoldSmileMetaphorWoundsBeastYour Smile Author:Ray Bradbury
“A shrieking rise of power rushed into my pathways, rocking me against the wall. Ido's body slammed into mine. He was not going to let go. Not now. The Rat Dragon howled, his heavy blue force driven back by the onslaught of sinuous gold. Raw,rejoicing energy flooded my seven centers of power; opening,pushing, seeking. And behind it all, a presence exulting in the joy of release and reunion. I looked up and finally my mind-sight was clear. I could see the Mirror Dragon. My Dragon.” MindBodyJoyEnergyForceBehindsClearMinesWallLetting GoGoldSightMirrorsBlueSevenSeekingHeavyDrivenOpeningReleaseDragonsPushingRejoiceRatsPathwaysReunion Book:Eon Source: Eon
“Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory.” HumansArtRealityActionPainMemoriesCommonBehindsGoldPatternsMeaning Of Life Author:Lawrence Durrell
“He leaned over her, the sun behind his head making a halo of gold, his face lit by the reflections off the water.” FacesWaterBehindsSunReflectionGoldLitHalos Book:Evercrossed Source: Evercrossed
“Then her eyes narrowed. The sun was spilling in the window behind her and Dageus's eyes were golden, dappled with darker flecks. Smoky and sensual, fringed by thick dark lashes, but gold nonetheless. "What is with your eyes?" she exclaimed. "Is it part of being a Druid?" "What color are they?" he asked warily. "Gold." He flashed her another unguarded smile. It was like basking in the sun, she thought, tracing her fingers over his beard-shadowed jaw, smiling helplessly back.” EyeDarkBehindsSunColorWindowGoldFingersGoldenSensualThickHer EyesBeardLashesSpillingTracingDruidsBasking Book:The Dark Highlander Source: The Dark Highlander
“The sky is purple, the flare of a match behind a cupped hand is gold; the liquor is green, bright green, made from a thousand herbs, made from altars. Those who know enough to drink Chartreuse at Mardi Gras are lucky, because the distilled essence of the town burns in their bellies. Chartreuse glows in the dark, and if you drink enough of it, your eyes will turn bright green.” IfsKnowsMadeEnoughHandsEyeTurnsDarkBehindsSkyDrinkThousandLuckyGoldEssenceTownsGreenBellyPurpleAltarsLiquorHerbsFlareMardi GrasGlow In The DarkChartreuse Author:Poppy Z. Brite
“It was the easiest thing in the world for Arya to step up behind him and stab him. “Is there gold hidden in the village?” she shouted as she drove the blade up through his back. “Is there silver? Gems?” She stabbed twice more. “Is there food? Where is Lord Beric?” She was on top of him by then, still stabbing. “Where did he go? How many men were with him? How many knights? How many bowmen? How many, how many, how many, how many, how many, how many? is there gold in the village?” MenWorldStillsBehindsLordStepsGoldSilverVillageBladesKnightsStep UpGemsStabbingFire And IceSong Of Ice And Fire Book:A Storm of Swords Source: A Storm of Swords
“IAGO: She that was ever fair and never proud, Had tongue at will and yet was never loud, Never lack'd gold and yet went never gay, Fled from her wish and yet said 'Now I may,' She that being anger'd, her revenge being nigh, Bade her wrong stay and her displeasure fly, She that in wisdom never was so frail To change the cod's head for the salmon's tail; She that could think and ne'er disclose her mind, See suitors following and not look behind, She was a wight, if ever such wight were,-- DESDEMONA: To do what? IAGO: To suckle fools and chronicle small beer.” IfsThinkingMindLooksMaySaidWishBehindsFoolProudGayFairsGoldFollowingRevengeTongueBeerLoudTailsFrailSalmonChroniclesDispleasureSuitorsDesdemona Author:William Shakespeare
“She wanted to return to her dream. Perhaps it was still somewhere there behind her closed eyelids. Perhaps a little of its happiness still clung like gold dust to her lashes. Don't dreams in fairy tales sometimes leave a token behind?” LittlesStillsSometimesDreamWantedBehindsReturnGoldTalesDustFairyFairy TaleTokensLashesEyelidsInkheartGold Dust Author:Cornelia Funke
“Journey from the self to the Self and find the mine of gold. Leave behind what is sour and bitter and move toward the sweet.” SelfMovingBehindsJourneyMinesSweetGoldSelf DiscoveryBitterSour Author:Rumi
“Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind.” LastsPastMovingLeftBehindsGoneSkyGoldLeft BehindMoving AwayWrensRoost Author:Ray LaMontagne
“Me and Marcus Allen went over to see Nicole We heard a knock at the door, must have been Ron Gold' Jumped behind the door, put the orgy on hold Killed em both and smeared blood on the white Bronco” Has BeensWhiteBehindsDoorsHeardBloodGoldHip HopEmsNicoleBroncos Author:Eminem
“The Mask "Put off that mask of burning gold With emerald eyes." "O no, my dear, you make so bold To find if hearts be wild and wise, And yet not cold." "I would but find what's there to find, Love or deceit." "It was the mask engaged your mind, And after set your heart to beat, Not what's behind." "But lest you are my enemy, I must enquire." "O no, my dear, let all that be, What matter, so there is but fire In you, in me?"” IfsMindHeartMatterEyeBehindsEnemyFireWiseColdBeatsGoldDearBurningEngagedMaskDeceitWhat MattersFinding LoveEmeralds Book:The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats
“Gold is not necessary. I have no interest in gold. We'll build a solid state, without an ounce of gold behind it. Anyone who sells above the set prices, let him be marched off to a concentration. That's the bastion of money.” StatesInterestBehindsGoldSellsConcentration Author:Adolf Hitler
“For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.” PoorBehindsRichCrimeHonorGloryWeakGoldCriminalsCellsSilverGold And Silver Author:Khalil Gibran