Quotes About Opulence

jeunesse dorée

Nothing will cut New York but a diamond. ?

Lakshmi, goddess of wealth

Maybe luxury is the easiest matrix to pass through. Maybe nothing is easier to get used to than money.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

You will find the signs of good taste all around you; luxury is her constant companion, replaced as necessary

Persian luxury, boy, I hate.

Nothing in the room was cheap, but none of it was exactly desirable either.

He's in cotton-wool, pampered and cosseted, surrounded with hot-house flowers and picture papers. He's a prisoner in a gilded cage. I wonder how long it will be

Swisha House presented this vibe of candy-painted cars and big chains. I always had a fascination for flashy, expensive things.

I was very fortunate I was able to live at least a few years of my life in the tort of opulent Victorian era. It helps romanticize your view of life.

'Calcutta is a pot of honey' means that in the first half of the nineteenth century, before the society became truly Victorian in feeling and tone, Bengal was a place to make money. The governor-generals returned to England rich men. It was a bountiful, lush, prosperous, easy place to make a fortune - in coal, in jute, and particularly cloth.

Playing on the Burj Al Arab helipad was an unforgettable experience, and the view of Dubai was incredible.

We're hideously rich, Annabelle—and I've got three older brothers, all unmarried. Would you possibly consider one of them? If you like, I'll have one shipped across the Atlantic for your inspection.

Whereas other clubs served the eternal beefsteak and apple tart, the lavish buffet at Jenner's was constantly replenished with ever-more artful dishes... hot lobster salad, casserole of pheasant, prawns on pillowy beds of pureed celery root, quail stuffed with grapes and goat cheese and served in pools of cream sauce. And Evie's favorite- a sticky flourless almond cake topped with raspberries and a thick layer of meringue.

That night an enormous dinner

Sofas 'twas half a sin to sit upon, So costly were they; carpets, every stitch Of workmanship so rare, they make you wish You could glide o'er them like a golden fish.

We followed him through the wealthy splendor of the house. Hardwood floors. Custom carved woodworking. Statues. Fountains. Suits of armor. Original painting, one of them a van Gogh. Stained-glass windows. Household staff in formal uniform. I kept expecting to come across a flock of peacocks roaming the halls, or maybe a pet cheetah in a diamond-studded collar.

I work in grand halls and bedchambers with wine and perfume. Not in dark alleyways with cloaks and knives. I don't like knives. I don't even own a knife. And my cloaks are far too expensive to risk bloodying.

You're swimming in a sea of abundance.

The embarrassment of riches.

resplendent chambers of a true king's tomb.

I used to say the world was my ATM.

Dubai's a pretty powerful place.