Gilded Quotes

Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.

The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House.

A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.

But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.

We are with you in this work. Workingmen must form a party of their own, take charge of the government, dispose gilded fraud, and put honest toil in power.