luxury quotes

• Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury -- to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind (Albert Einstein) [luxury/life/soul & body/mind]
• One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. (George Eliot) [luxury]
• Sincerity is the luxury allowed, like diadems and authority, only to the highest rank. Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) [honesty/luxury/goodwill]
• All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) [position/nature/luxury/parents]
• As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer. When so much general productive exertion is the consequence of luxury, the nation does not care though there are debtors; nay, they would not care though their creditors were there too. (Samuel Johnson) [people/matter/luxury/care]
• A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by two, what by makes, and what by four. For asking such questions metaphysicians are supported in oriental luxury in the universities, and respected as educated and intelligent men. (H. L. Mencken) [luxury/men]
• It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury. (Thomas Moore) [tears/luxury]
• Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world. (Cesare Pavese) [luxury/luxury/being]
• The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do. (Leontyne Price) [being/luxury/time]
• Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. ( Socrates) [wealth/luxury]
• A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it. (Oscar Wilde) [desires/luxury]
• There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. (Oscar Wilde) [luxury/right]
• I'm like the most expensive, exotic item on a gourmet menu. People can wonder about the sensuous delights of the dish, but they can't afford such an expensive luxury (Anna Kournikova) [people/wonder/luxury]
• Denzel Washington's career is an enormous luxury. Compare him to Wesley Snipes. (Alec Baldwin) [career/luxury]
• Everyone's concerned about overheating, especially in the luxury market in Shanghai. We're cautious as well. (Jason Lee) [luxury/market]
• In those first years you're taking care of the kids and the house. It's hard to do it all when you don't have the luxury of having someone to help you; you're doing it all. (Doris Roberts) [care/luxury]
• I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs. (Kathleen Turner) [money/luxury/needs]
• When you've made a film you have the luxury of having a little money, so you can afford to pace yourself, but we work in a very ephemeral business, especially in the film world. It's a bit like the stock market in that you're never sure what's going to be up or down, what will work. (Saffron Burrows) [film/luxury/money/business]
• As far as luxury goes, about the only thing I do is... I go first class all the way. I live on the road, so when I'm out there, I'm getting the nice hotel suite, I'm getting the luxury car, I'm eating the good food, and I make sure I take care of myself on the road. (Trish Stratus) [luxury/thing/class/nice]
• Women want certain things in marriage–the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury. (Mae West) [women/right/luxury]
• I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury. (Twyla Tharp) [think/luxury]

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