Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.
People don't want to hear about me having leather walls or gold toilets.
Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and livestock - and doesn't have enough money to import much of anything, either.
Tourism is important because it can create sustainable local economies. I'd much rather have 1,000 tourists going up the Tambopata than 1,000 gold miners.
People adored Element 13's color and luster, which reminded them of the sparkle of gold and silver - a brand-new precious metal. In fact, aluminum became more precious than gold and silver in the 19th century because it was harder to obtain.
Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.
Education is worth its weight in gold. Make no mistake about it.
I have a heart of gold, but I'm really a marshmallow in my heart.
This plucky NASA telescope is able to find planets en masse. If you compare planet hunting to prospecting for gold, then Kepler is equivalent to trading in your trusty pan for a diesel-powered sluice box.
Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do.
I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods.
The two things that are probably tied for first are winning a championship with the Mavericks and also being able to win a gold medal - two gold medals with Team USA.
I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be the one to score something that had never been done before.
I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.
Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
Two gold medals and two silver, I don't think is that bad... I think I still did a pretty good job.
When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
My ultimate dream was to get to the Olympics. I never thought I would come away with two gold medals.
I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air.
