Quotes About Opulence

I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.

If there is one word to describe Atlantic City, it's Big Business -- Or two words Big Business." -- ("President"(!)) Donald Trump

For one thing, the penthouse was simply too big. Besides the seventy-one bedrooms, there were a number of living rooms, dining rooms, breakfast rooms, snack rooms, sitting rooms, standing rooms, ballrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and an assortment of rooms that seem to have no purpose at all.

There was an open bottle of champagne in the ice bucket, and already the level was down as far as the label. 'Are we celebrating something?' I asked as I took off my coat and hung it in the hall. 'Don't be so bloody bourgeois,' said Tessa, handing me a champagne flute filled right to the brim. That was one of the problems of marrying into wealth; there were no luxuries.

Neither was this the ordinary world of supply and demand; it was a world of abundance.

And they say he's so rich that he spreads sugar on his honey.

Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

Grandeur I detest.

I love being fancy.

They got stuff here that I didn't even know existed. Everything's spandex and sequins. It's a retired ho's dream come true.

Agnes could not count on the fingers of one hand the times she had entered the Blanchards' business premises. Usually she had been sent to borrow extra items of silverware prior to important dinners. Perhaps bowls for sweetmeats or leaf-shaped pickle dishes, or her particular favorite, salt cellars fashioned like muscular sea gods supporting oyster shells- so realistically modeled that every stria of the shell was visible.

To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy!

I don't think I'm a good ol' boy. Honestly, the last thing I am is a redneck. I like silk sheets, fancy cars, beautiful women, good whiskey.

A rich and varied menu is for people who have no work to do.

The Grand Hotel Milano had become a five-star hamster wheel.

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When you make money, it's natural to enjoy all the benefits it offers.

Just lying in my big bed with Frette sheets. Oh my god, there's nothing better.

Luxury takes many forms nowadays, but one thing doesn't change: luxury is about desire and the ability to create dreams.

Let me be surrounded by luxury, I can do without the necessities!

beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich

Such a one, in George's opinion, was this gurgling excrescence underneath the silk hat. He comprised in his single person practically all the qualities which George disliked most. He was, for a young man, extraordinarily obese. Already a second edition of his chin had been published, and the perfectly-cut morning coat which encased his upper section bulged out in an opulent semi-circle. He wore a little moustache, which to George's prejudiced eye seemed more a complaint than a moustache.

Excess is essential to the production of austerity.

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