Quotes About Luxury

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

I will spend anything on the best sheets in the world because I am going to be in them every night. I like them white and crazy soft.

The idea behind our shoes is simple: they are as light as possible, very soft and made from the finest leather we can buy. We try to make a combination of something that looks fantastic and is at the same time fantastically comfortable. This is the type of luxury people want to buy now, things that they can use every day.

I still pinch myself that I have a second-hand Aston Martin DBS Volante, the convertible model of James Bond's car from 'Quantum of Solace' and 'Casino Royale.'

I bought a white Panamera - and then sold it because I had no use for it.

Foie gras is sold as an expensive delicacy in some restaurants and shops. But no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it.

The core of my work is dedicated not to pleasing women, but to pleasing men. Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole.

As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.

All I need is my Chanel dress, my Louboutins, and some red lipstick.

Some things are worth the splurge.

I've never been impressed by somebody who came in with a crocodile bag, you know?

I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair.

The world is a palace without bedsheets

There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.

with towels so plush and fine that when she at last emerged she felt like a princess using them, or at least like the daughter of a dictator who was willing to kill without mercy in order for his children to pamper themselves with cotton such as this

It's easy to be an idealist when you drive a Pajero.

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with towels so plush and fine that when she at last emerged she felt like a princess using them, or at least like the daughter of a dictator who was willing to kill without mercy in order for his children to pamper themselves with cotton such as this, to feel this exquisite sensation on their naked stomachs and thighs, towels that felt as if they had never been used before and might never be used again.

Sandwiches,' she said, 'like diamonds, are forever.

This generation has more advanced luxuries and scientific amenities than any other generation, yet we are more spiritually unfulfilled than any generation in history.

Wrapped in her mink bedspread, she would lie all day with her puppy beside her, reading fairy stories.

This is not the time to be looking for ways to dismiss a nascent movement against the power of capital, but to do the opposite: to find ways to embrace it, support it and help it grow into its enormous potential. With so much at stake, cynicism is a luxury we simply cannot afford.

As a brand, the Obama White House's identity is probably closest to Starbucks: hip, progressive, approachable —a small luxury you can feel good about even during tough economic times.