Panning Quotes

I am sifting my memories, the way men pan the dirt under a barroom floor for the bits of gold dust that fall between the cracks. It's small mining-- small mining. You're too young a man to be panning memories, Adam. You should be getting yourself some new ones, so that the mining will be richer when you come to age. (John Steinbeck)
I became a scientist because... it's like panning for gold in a muddy torrent. Truth is the gold. View quote
David Mitchell (author)