Quotes About Luxury

She had no time for anything humdrum, banal, or mundane - to the extent that the task of cleaning her desk at every night had to be done with a bottle of Perrier water and Chanel No. 5.

In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.

emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea...

Balance" is a luxury. Equality is a necessity. When we stop talking about work-life balance and start talking about discrimination against care and caregiving, we see the world differently.

El objeto más envidiable y el más caro era el coche, sinónimo de libertad, de control total del espacio, y en cierta manera, del mundo.

Cand eram copil, pentru mine, luxul insemna mantouri de blana, rochii lungi si vile pe malul marii. Mai tarziu, am crezut ca inseamna sa duci o viata de intelectual. Acum mi se pare ca inseamna si sa poti trai o pasiune pentru un barbat sau o femeie.

Çocukken benim için lüks, kürk mantolar, uzun elbiseler ve deniz k?y?s?ndaki villalard?. Daha sonra bunun entellektüel bir yaÅŸam sürmek olduÄŸuna inand?m. Åžimdi bana öyle geliyor ki lüks ayn? zamanda, bir erkeÄŸe ya da bir kad?na olan tutkuyu yaÅŸayabilmektir

Cuando era niña, para mí el lujo eran los abrigos de pieles, los vestidos de noche y las mansiones a orillas del mar.

Quand j'étais enfant, le luxe, c'était pour moi les manteaux de fourrure, les robes longues et les villas au bord de la mer. Plus tard, j'ai cru que c'était de mener une vie d'intellectuel. Il me semble maintenant que c'est aussi de pouvoir vivre une passion pour un homme ou une femme

All my men wear English Leather, or they wear nothing at all.

There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's MasterCard.

American Express? . . . That'll do nicely, sir.

Alexander Wang is a young designer, and his style is so profound. He took sports and street and kind of combined it into upscale high fashion. He made a white T-shirt a luxury.

Television has certain imperatives that CNN had the luxury of ignoring for a long period of time. CNN could take the position that the news would be the star, because in most of the programming day, they were the only all-news operation on the air.

My brain is a big cluster of stuff. It moves quickly and loses focus quickly, so I need many projects to keep me stimulated - it's a luxury to be able to do lots of different things: style, write, present, DJ or just consult. It can't be any other way; I think I would shrivel up and fall asleep forever.

The ads that podcasts manage to sell tell you a lot about who they think is listening. They include services that promise to make your investment portfolio ethical, deliver exotic, ready meals to your home, or guarantee better sleep thanks to luxury bed linen.

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep.

Every dressing room should have a few proper bottles of bubbly.

Blowouts, manicures, and massages are my little indulgences; I get them whenever I can. The chair massage during a manicure is a must, even if it's only 10 minutes. The ones in the back, though, on the bed where you can get a proper massage, make all the difference.

My favorite hotels are anything Aman, because their properties are always so beautiful.

A lot of hotels have beautiful chandeliers because the asset owner is emotional about having chandeliers in the property. I always say that the customers aren't going to have chandeliers for breakfast. You'd rather take that money and give great breakfasts to the customer.

There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in California. It is going to be scarce, it is going to be expensive.

Couture is also a term used for top-of-the-range, to-order clothing - but not to the level of intricacy and expense as haute couture. And without the 'haute', the word 'couture' itself isn't protected.

I know most Americans don't have this luxury, but we are in Los Angeles and are lucky enough to be able to grill outside almost all year long. It's my favorite way of preparation because it's so clean and it gives it such a great flavor. You need very little oil and the protein can be really cleanly prepared and perfectly cooked.