Quotes About Luxury

He'd already opened the first of what he hoped would be at least a couple of bottles of red wine. There would be no synthehol on the menu this evening.

I Google "five star hotels, new york city" and scroll through the list. The Surrey—nah, too fussy. The Peninsula—just looked at that one last week. Anything Trump—no, thanks, too overdone.

Luxury feeds ego and helps people to achieve a sense of social advancement. It may not be a psychologically healthy frame of mind, but most people attach self-worth to the ownership of exclusive items.

People will buy a product because of how it will make them feel, not because they "need" it. Create scarcity.

Hollywood, where the rich don't have to pay for anything.

Marie Antoinette's wardrobe was the stuff of dreams, and the space of nightmares.

Generally, if Marie Antoinette had worn a gown once, she did not wear it again.

Boopsy's Boutique catered to the woman, or man, with money and lots of it. Date dresses ran upward of a thousand dollars, and some of the high-end designer frocks touched five figures. The dresses were exquisite, emblazoned with crystals and pearls, complete with jewel-encrusted shoes to match. Needless to say, it wasn't a place I frequented.

I just remember Stella Tenant and me dancing in Donatella Versace's bathtub until like four in the morning. It was one of those 'pinch me' moments.

Ah, the Gilligan's Island conundrum: why were the Howells on a crappy three-hour excursion cruise in the first place, when they could've been on their diamond-encrusted yacht? And why did they bring so many clothes?" -Riley

She was enveloped from head to foot in a raccoon fur coat, with a jaunty hat of the same, trimmed only with a bright quill feather.

Oh... and we had three pools... you know, in case two broke.

Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe;... Yet thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties — give me a cigar!

When we have made our love and gamed our gaming,   Drest, voted, shone, and maybe something more; With dandies dined, heard senators declaiming,   Seen beauties brought to market by the score, Sad rakes to sadder husbands chastely taming,   There's little left but to be bored or bore. Witness those ci-devant jeunes hommes who stem The stream, nor leave the world which leaveth them.

Can you drown in grief? She turned away sharply, angry with her own frailty. She had no time for the luxury of self-pity.

Water? Fuck your water. Bring me wine.

We then went to the swimming pool which is beyond the reception room. This was the finest pool I had ever seen, with red-and-green submerged lights, and a diving board in polished duraluminium.

She wants to live simply and thinks luxuries little more than social display.

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

My dad has more sparkly stuff than most men.

Thus captain and crew enjoyed a life style above their means, one they were anxious to perpetuate.

The sliding doors between the dining-room and drawing-room had been pulled back and the vast room thus formed was a riot of flowers, balloons and paintings, the long tables with their frost-white cloths sparkling with silver, the side tables groaning under the weight of the cold dishes.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion.

In England, justice is open to all - like the Ritz Hotel.