Quotes about luxury
luxury trying literature
If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure. Marcel Proust
luxury vices ancient
We see the pernicious effects of luxury in the ancient Romans, who immediately found themselves poor as soon as this vice got footing among them. Joseph Addison
luxury america justice
The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself of valuable contributions from many others. It is now doubtful whether America can afford the luxury of such a waste of human resources. Kenneth Clark
luxury bread salt
Our values are not luxuries, but necessities. They are not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Jimmy Carter
luxury students abundance
It is a pity that you students aren't fully aware of the luxury and abundance in which you live. Hermann Hesse
luxury rich prosperity
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. Henri Rousseau
luxury perspective demon
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons. Khaled Hosseini
luxury world bed
The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world Napoleon Bonaparte
luxury appreciate way
Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things. Oscar de la Renta
luxury atmosphere pay
If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another's. O. Henry
luxury america people
One of the greatest freedoms of living in America is being able to ask the question: "If I could do anything I wanted with my life - money being no object - what would I do?" In many parts of the world, people don't have the luxury of asking that question. Mark Burnett
luxury extravagance riches
Will you tell me how to prevent riches from producing luxury? Will you tell me how to prevent luxury from producing effeminacy, intoxication, extravagance, vice and folly? John Adams
luxury lap libertine
Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine. George Bancroft
luxury lazy desire
Who is there today who still cares about a well-finished death? No one. Even the rich, who could after all afford this luxury, are beginning to grow lazy and indifferent; the desire to have a death of one's own is becoming more and more rare. In a short time it will be as rare as a life of one's own. Rainer Maria Rilke
luxury issues half
I've often said that global climate change is an issue where no one has the luxury of being "half-pregnant." You either are or you aren't. And so it is with climate change. You either understand and accept the science - or you don't. Folks this isn't a cafeteria where you can pick and choose and accept the science that tells us what is happening, but then reject the science that warns us what will happen. John F. Kerry
luxury evil ease
The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils. John Calvin
luxury giving way
Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury. Johan Huizinga
luxury doing-good
He tried the luxury of doing good. George Crabbe
luxury lucky salt
A slab of bread "buttered" with lard and, if you were lucky, seasoned with salt and pepper, was a luxury. Jimmy Hoffa
luxury being-free
The greatest luxury is being free. Manolo Blahnik
luxury giving doing-good
The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment. John Gay
luxury fragrance
You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance. Lady Gaga
luxury people able
I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't. Jodie Foster
luxury-hotels giving breakfast
Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I'd stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service. Jimmy Carr
luxury atmosphere poverty
It had been a royal time of luxury to him, with all its stings and contumelies, compared to the poverty that crept round and clipped the anticipation of the future down to sordid fact, and life without an atmosphere of either hope or fear. Elizabeth Gaskell
luxury insecurity
Insecurity, however, is a luxury on which I never economize. Judith Thurman
luxury firsts opulence
Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury. Joseph Conrad
luxury wealth distinction
In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities. John Kenneth Galbraith
luxury evil ruins
Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state. Livy
luxury film lows
On a low-budget film, you don't have all the luxuries. Lukas Haas
luxury vanity income
Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant. Karl Lagerfeld
luxury bling finest
EXTREME LUXURY ISN'T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT'S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.
luxury opinion
The luxury of one's own opinion. Otto von Bismarck