Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise… — Doug Larson Copy Share Image
Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Hell is being trapped in a night-club with the'beautiful people'and forced to live in a'luxury penthouse flat'. — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Wanting to work is a luxury; having to work is not. If you're an artist, an actor, and you don't have to… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
You never really know if it's going to happen or not do you but the vision was always for [Karen Walker] to… — Karen Walker Copy Share Image
When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury — Lee Myung-bak Copy Share Image
God is not a luxury you can't afford; He's a necessity you truly cannot live without! — Monica Denise Brown Copy Share Image
As artists, we have the luxury of experimenting with extra crazy things, but I feel like my aesthetic is very street-style and… — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
“[L]uxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see… — Anne Leckie Copy Share Image
Many a man has risen to eminence under the powerful reaction of his mind in fierce counter-agency to the scorn of the… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
As an actor, I like as much time with the material as possible and given the opportunity, time spent with the other… — Vincent Piazza Copy Share Image
The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more… — Livy Copy Share Image
This is a great position to be in. I don't really believe there is any fighter, in any decade that can be… — Bernard Hopkins Copy Share Image
But, you see, that's the luxury of being a lout - you get to be selective about when you care and when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Will you tell me how to prevent riches from producing luxury? Will you tell me how to prevent luxury from producing effeminacy,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
As I look back on it now, I'm thinking of one very vital factor, that one factor being that I was afforded… — Frank Sinatra, Jr Copy Share Image
In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In their censures of luxury the fathers are extremely minute and circumstantial; and among the various articles which excite their pious indignation,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Vonnegut's war was necessary. And yet it was massacre and screaming and confusion and blood and death. It was the mammoth projection… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Based on the overwhelming array of luxury products manufacturers have recently introduced, homeowners want anything that makes their lives more comfortable at… — Stephanie Miller Copy Share Image
Man has sought to take from the natural world not only that which is necessary for his stability and survival, but often… — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Copy Share Image
Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life… Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Death row saved my life. It taught me everything is a luxury to be treasured. — Nick Yarris Copy Share Image
The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I'm not a good storyteller - I much prefer to be with people who are chatty, to have the luxury of listening. — Conor McPherson Copy Share Image
With a few exceptions people don't want money. They want luxury and they want love and they want admiration. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food. — Sammy Davis, Jr Copy Share Image
No pleasure is simpler, no luxury cheaper, no consciousness-altering substance more benign. — James Norwood Pratt Copy Share Image
To be confronted with a simple and unqualified evil is no doubt a kind of luxury… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of men, not of the times. [Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“Our sisters and brothers were picked up in public by local commanders for the purpose of sex and luxury and we could… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
When young people grow up with fear as the norm, they don't have the luxury to dream. — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“The new luxury is the luxury of freedom and time. Once you’ve had a taste of that life, no corner office or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We've been sold a concept of joy through advertising. It was somehow sold to us through a Gucci bag or something. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
After a bath, we all love to dry off with a towel. But do we need it to survive? No. It's a… — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
I’ve been really blessed to have a lot of romance in my life. It’s like my last luxury. — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
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![“[L]uxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, if one doesn’t wish. You’re free to enjoy its benefits without troubling your conscience. (Ancillary Justice)” quote by Anne Leckie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c13/anne-leckie-109526_civilization_l-uxury-always-comes-at-someone-else-s-e_170629.jpg)
![“As I look back on it now, I'm thinking of one very vital factor, that one factor being that I was afforded the luxury - the luxurious opportunity - of finally being able to put something back. As a child growing up, it was his [Frank Sinatra] efforts that put a roof over my head, food in my…” quote by Frank Sinatra, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b48/frank-sinatra-jr-2-31186_able_as-i-look-back-on-it-now-i-m-thinking-of_2796250.jpg)
![“Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of men, not of the times. [Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.” quote by Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/86a/seneca-the-younger-219_decent_those-vices-luxury-and-neglect-of-decent_2255176.jpg)
