Quotes About Opulence

She was exactly like her house, expensive and elegant, but not at all comfortable.

The man is a syndicated columnist. He's got to be rolling in dough.

Every now and then she'd see a fine lady in a gorgeous gown that fit her to perfection. Such women didn't have feet, Henry decided. They had rollers - virtually gliding along. And wherever they went, a dozen besotted men followed.

If you only use rich and luxurious ingredients, you end up with excess.

Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful.

Siete gritos, siete sangres, siete adormideras dobles, quebraron opacas lunas en los oscuros salones.

You've got to be rich to have a swing like that

We filthy rich till we decompose When we pass people squeeze them nose

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Myron's car climbed up past the nouveau riche mansions, so expansive they appeared to have been taking some sort of growth hormone.

One of those thick red carpets that seems to trap time. I have one

I beam at the idea of me at the wheel of a luxury yacht, surrounded by models and moguls, sipping cool Gavi di Gavi as we meander down the French Riviera.

A yacht is not for me. I don't enjoy it.

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.

I don't get cast as the guy who steps off a yacht in a white linen suit with a martini.

I own a private yacht, private jet and a private lion.

'Titania' is the best yacht currently afloat of its kind and size. There is very little, if anything, that anybody would go wanting for on 'Titania.'

Yachts are job creators.

In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium.

Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion.

I spent more money on one robe than guys spend in five years.

India and Italy have a lot in common, especially the tradition of luxury.

I have been poor and I have been rich. Rich is better.

taking a small piece of the Parmesan that I have broken into craggy shards on the small wooden board I've laid out, with a wedge of triple-crème Délice de Bourgogne Brie, some nuts and dried fruits, a homemade quince and plum membrillo paste, and some tiny little German wild boar sausages that I've been hoarding since my trip to Berlin last year.