Quotes About Opulence

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The opulence at the head office is often inversely related to the financial substance of the firm. Charlie Munger, paraphrasing Parkinson

the Sanctuary was reserved for the rich and elite--those with fortunes, not soldiers of fortune.

Then the house had been boldly planned with a ball-room, so that, instead of squeezing through a narrow passage to get to it (as at the Chiverses') one marched solemnly down a vista of enfiladed drawing-rooms (the sea-green, the crimson and the bouton d'or), seeing from afar the many-candled lustres reflected in the polished parquetry, and beyond that the depths of a conservatory where camellias and tree-ferns arched their costly foliage over seats of black and gold bamboo.

the only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

Andrew Hale was a ruddy man with a big gray moustache and a stubbly double-chin unconstrained by a collar; but his scrupulously clean shirt was always fastened by a small diamond stud. This display of opulence was misleading, for though he did a fairly good business it was known that his easygoing habits and the demands of his large family frequently kept him what Starkfield called behind.

Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury; it was the background she required, the only climate she could breathe in.

The extravagance in dress—" Miss Jackson began. "Sillerton took me to the first night of the Opera, and I can only tell you that Jane Merry's dress was the only one I recognised from last year; and even that had had the front panel changed. Yet I know she got it out from Worth only two years ago, because my seamstress always goes in to make over her Paris dresses before she wears them.

Couples were already gliding over the floor beyond: the light of the wax candles fell on revolving tulle skirts, on girlish heads wreathed with modest blossoms, on the dashing aigrettes and ornaments of the young married women's coiffures, and on the glitter of highly glazed shirt-fronts and fresh glacé gloves.

A brave people will certainly prefer liberty, accompanied with a virtuous poverty, to a depraved and wealthy servitude. But before the price of comfort and opulence is paid, one ought to be pretty sure it is real liberty which is purchased, and that she is to be purchased at no other price. I shall always, however, consider that liberty as very equivocal in her appearance, which has not wisdom and justice for her companions; and does not lead prosperity and plenty in her train.

The parents are of the expensive, cocktail-party-and-chromium kind.

In those palaces, sound is preferred to sense, and the care of the body to that of the mind.

David listened to the swishing sound his yellow slippers made as he walked up the last flight of steps to the door that led from the terrace into the drawing room. Yvette had not yet opened the curtains, which saved him the trouble of closing them again. He liked the drawing room to look dim and valuable.

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace;If not, by any means get wealth and place.

I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,With vassals and serfs at my side.

If you want a watch with diamonds on the bezel, you don't need me.

When I started to get all that money, I started to buy a lot of watches. I bought 6 to 7 watches, the rainbow Rolex... In a year, I had spent $3.3 million just on the watches.

Watches are about status.

In the '80s, it got to the point where we'd have shows with a hundred looks. You'd want to order a pizza before it was over!

When I get on a plane these days, I go first class.

My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.

New York can get on top of you if you don't have much money, but if you have money, it's kind of a playground.

I'm the kind of person who would have liked to have lived at the Plaza. I love crystal chandeliers and gold leaf, velvets and mirrors, Oriental rugs and marble.

Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.