Quotes About Luxury

In good times, pessimism is a luxury; but in bad times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling and fatal prophecy.

The source of status is no longer the ability to make things but simply the ability to purchase them.

We already know how this one goes. Humans were once living a 'fairly comfortable life', subsisting from the blessings of Nature, but then we made our most fatal mistake. Lured by the prospect of a still easier life – of surplus and luxury, of living like gods – we had to go and tamper with that harmonious State of Nature, and thus unwittingly turned ourselves into slaves.

If Kim Kardashian walks down the street in Paris wearing a diamond necklace worth millions of dollars, she is not only showing off her wealth, she is also flaunting her power over violence, since everyone assumes she would not be able to do so without the existence, visible or not, of an armed personal security detail, trained to deal with potential thieves.

We already know how this one goes. Humans were once living a 'fairly comfortable life', subsisting from the blessings of Nature, but then we made our most fatal mistake. Lured by the prospect of a still easier life - of surplus and luxury, or living like gods - we had to go and tamper with hat harmonious State of Nature, and thus unwittingly turned ourselves into slaves.

One successful writer said he would never be a millionaire because he liked living like one too much.

Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only vicious when it engrosses all a man's expense, and leaves no ability for such acts of duty and generosity as are required by his situation and fortune. The same care and toil that raise a dish of peas at Christmas would give bread to a whole family during six months.

ask for mine sans Chantilly.

Da Rosa for pots of Christine Ferber's confitures and oval pats of handmade butter from Jean-Yves Bordier. She must

Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.

I would hate for someone to look at my shoes and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'

The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.

Why should I apologize because God throws in crystal chandeliers, mahogany floors, and the best construction in the world?

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

God has blessed me to see the luxury side of things.

I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.

Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers.

God, bless me with luxury. Necessities I can do without.

I would hate for someone to look at my shoe and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'

I'd like to consider Ferrari as a scaled down version of God.

Clients have no trouble paying $5,800 for an hour in a Gulfstream corporate jet or $425 for a month of parking. But God forbid they spend $3 per on a glossy annual report.

What made you so unforgiving? (Simone) Be grateful that you have the luxury of asking me that question. Pray to whatever god you worship that you'll always be ignorant. (Xypher)