Quotes About Opulence

I am a bling person. I want shiny things everywhere.

Bali and the Aman resorts are all very luxurious, great places to go.

The floors were like marble chessboards, and the ceilings were like cakes.

Dane followed the man inside and noted the opulently decorated foyer. Somebody had lots of money with zero decorating skills.

Defense is superior to opulence.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches, which in their eyes is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opulence which nobody can possess but themselves.

A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor's promise.

The China Rich seem to be spending on a scale that's just beyond anything we've ever seen before. They are building and buying an insane amount of luxury residences around the world, commissioning huge flying palaces from Boeing, and paying ridiculous amounts for art.

A man must have a less than ordinary share of sense that would furnish such plain and common rooms with silver-footed couches and purple coverlets and gold and silver plate.

Great mansions have slippery doors.

Abundance is second human nature. Believe firmly in this statement to experience abundance in life.

For a rich man monogamy is a waste of being rich.

There, display and extravagance, in dress, in furniture, in costly entertainments, are startling. They seem to push you back into a corner, like a poor intruder at a feast; they are apt to make you envious, or take your breath away with amazement.

Frugality is for the vulgar.

I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne.

So you wake up this morning and find you're president of the United States. Pretty cool, no? Helicopters and a 747 at your disposal; courtside seats at any NBA playoff game of your choice; everyone stands up and the band plays when you come into the room.

When you walk onto a Peter Jackson set, you can see straightaway that money isn't an issue.

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more.

I'm a big fan of Paco Rabanne's 1 Million.

I'm blessed to have these billions of dollars.

Hollywood, at the bottom of it, is about money.