Earned Gold Medal

Famous quotes containing the words gold medal, earned and/or gold:

    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)

    “It is pitiful when a man bears a name for convenience merely, who has earned neither name nor fame.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)