Quotes About Extravagance

Russiaphobia; what is that?" "Wearing one's rubies and emeralds at the same time," Mrs. Shamefoot said in a hushed voice.

We had parties that Nero would have been ashamed to attend

an airplane hangar. The man from Hollywood had too much money. That was his

I would like to be naked and cover myself with cold crystal jewelry. Jewelery and perfume...

To hell, to hell with balance! I break glasses; I want to burn, even if I break myself. I want to live only for ecstasy. Nothing else affects me. Small doses, moderate loves, all the demi-teintes – all these leave me cold. I like extravagance, heat… sexuality which bursts the thermometer! I'm neurotic, perverted, destructive, fiery, dangerous - lava, inflammable, unrestrained. I feel like a jungle animal who is escaping captivity.

Wear that beautiful dress you had on when you first came to Clichy. I want to see the white of your flesh against it. I want to commit excesses.

At home, she sulked with extravagance, and I learned early that silence was anything but peaceful. She was always upset about some slight, real or imagined, and more than capable of creating a full-blown crisis out of thin air.

home, she sulked with extravagance, and I learned early that silence was anything but peaceful. She was always upset about some slight, real or imagined, and more than capable of creating a full-blown crisis out of thin air.

The best thing about flying first class....was that you could be as nutty as a fruitcake and were still treated like the Queen of Sheba.

I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.

It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 'tis kept is lighter than vanity.

I think I understand life. I think I understand how to live. I'm enjoying my life. I don't really live in an as extravagant a way as people think.

I just want to eat about a hundred million oysters and two tons of caviar and go swimming naked in champagne…

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

A person who has got the wealth more than own worth in life spends every extra money on bogus or useless things and hangs out with all worthless or unscrupulous people.

The photo and video coverage of some affluent couple's marriage is so much done by media as if the entire population of the nation is invitee to their wedding function.

Luxury is an ancient notion. There was once a Chinese mandarin who had himself wakened three times every morning simply for the pleasure of being told it was not yet time to get up.

I applaud the needlessly beautiful in all things.

Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.

Oil's been pretty darned good to us," she said. "I don't want a smaller house. I don't want to drive a smaller car.

Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.

When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.

One day I was asked to pick up $50,000 worth of gold chains for Mr. T. For real!

If I'm not driving a Ferrari or a Lambo, I'm not gonna talk about it in my raps.