Quotes / Gold Makes Everything Shiny

Rogal: Perturabo had always been envious of me since I got the honour of rebuilding the Imperial Palace. (…) So he built the Eternal Fortress, upon the planet of Sebastus lV.
The Emperor: Was it made out of solid gold?
Rogal: No.
The Emperor: See this is why I gave the job to you and not him.
Rogal: Did you not give it to me for my superior skill at the construction of fortresses?
The Emperor: Yeah sure whatever continue.

— If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device

Lenny: Hey Homer, what'd you do, get a haircut or somethin'?
Homer: LOOK CLOSER, LENNY.
Lenny: Oh, I know what it is. You're the biggest man in the world now. And you're covered in gold!
Homer: 14-KARAT GOLD!

—The Simpsons, "Dog of Death"