Quotes About Opulence

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.

Growing up in Versailles is like growing up in a museum, and the people living there are almost the security.

To walk into the hall of mirrors of Versailles as Louis XIV and deliver a monologue on your own in an empty hall of mirrors is like no other experience.

was a full-service marina for the terminally rich, the kind of place where they cleaned and polished your bowline when you brought the boat in.

I looked at Jackie. She didn't look like she had ever set foot in the vile cesspit. She still looked fresh, composed, and perfectly at home in this opulent setting, like a demigoddess lounging around Olympus. It was a very sharp contrast to the scene that had greeted me at my house a little earlier.

on Fifth Avenue

It wasn't just the money, it was the polish that the money had given her, the cities she'd visited, the plays and the art she'd seen.

Turn soft and lovely anytime you have the chance.

In the Eighties, live work had to be very extravagant.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.

The opulence and grandeur of a lot of period drama really helps you get into character and appreciate the luxury of good quality. If you're fashion-minded in any way, you can't help but be incredibly inspired and apply elements to your own style.

I don't like shopping and I'm lucky enough to have a stylist to do it for me.

For me, luxury is subjective.

The heart of an empire is often beautiful to behold—and cruel to contemplate.

The beauty of me is that I'm very rich.

La' , tout n'est qu'ordre et beaute , Luxe, calme et volupte . There where all is order and beauty. Lush, calm and voluptuous.

The best thing about being rich is the freedom freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.

Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!

Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.

There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti.

I'm always in favor of more glamour. I embarrass my children, I think. I am the lady in feathers in the car pool line.

Half a million dollars just to upgrade the car show I aint even detonate the bombs in the arsenal

I get a handsome amount. I could definitely buy a car off one of my guest appearances. & I'm not talking about a Hyundai.

If ever a car was created by designers with dreams of grandeur, it had to be the 1958 Buick Limited: the heftiest, highest-priced and most opulent monster ever to hit the street in the '50s.