Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its function, and that is what drives its… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
You need to treat your finances as a resource God has provided to fulfill your vision, not a tool to fill your… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
The next generation of luxury consumers are much more socially conscious, and they look to invest in brands that see the world… — Elaine Welteroth Copy Share Image
Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury - or at least comfort - so there's a lot of… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
You can permit yourself any liberty in the opening except the luxury of a passive position. — Grigory Sanakoev Copy Share Image
But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I didn't have much. I grew up with a loving, supportive family, with a roof over my head, but there was no… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
You know that when you suggest something on the page, it's going to be there, plus more. It's a great luxury to… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Luxury is anything you don't need, right? I mean, you need food, water, clothing, shelter... but good wine, good food, beautiful interiors,… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years,… — A. Edward Newton Copy Share Image
Acknowledgement: Understanding and compassion for others and their suffering is the next step. Put yourself in the shoes of people who don't… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
With the a cappella groups, every voice is like one string on a guitar, one note on the piano, or one cymbal,… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
The boom for luxury goods is unending. There are people who never have to worry about whether they can afford something they… — Diego Della Valle Copy Share Image
To believe that man's aggressiveness or territoriality is in the nature of the beast is to mistake some men for all men,… — Leon Eisenberg Copy Share Image
What a lost person needs is a map of the territory, with his own position marked on it so he can see… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that his religion… — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“Luxury Diamond, an encapsulation metal engraving style, with its long triangular serifs, wide stance, and decorative details like the notched “R” and… — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
I often get the question from people, "well how can you sell luxury at that price?" What I'm explaining to everyone is… — Tamara Mellon Copy Share Image
“I was recently living more comfortably surrounded by secrets... Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, they were embracing me from all directions… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
Civilization, that great fraud of our times, has promised man that by complicating his existence it would multiply his pleasures. ... Civilization… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share Image
The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time. — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
The luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create. — Apsley Cherry-Garrard Copy Share Image
A comfortable retirement should not only be a luxury for the wealthy, but a reality for every New Yorker. — Letitia James Copy Share Image
Luxury is not a $4,000 T-shirt - that's just an expensive item, the same as if a can of Coca-Cola cost $5,000. — Marco Zanini Copy Share Image
Thought's a luxury. Do you think the peasant sits and thinks of God and Democracy when he gets inside his mud hut… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare. — James Forrestal Copy Share Image
I don't quite have the luxury of cherry-picking - I have to see what comes my way. But I have always been… — Ophelia Lovibond Copy Share Image
There's no moral issue for me. I did the best science I could. I was struggling to survive and didn't have the… — Howard Moskowitz Copy Share Image
Wealthier countries have the luxury of entertaining fears the rest of the world cannot afford. — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
Some things are really necessaries of life in some circles, which in others are luxuries merely and in others still are entirely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Peace is not a luxury. It's not an option. It is fundamental to the existence and well-being of a human being to… — Prem Rawat Copy Share Image
One of the few luxuries left is travel, and the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the… — Andre Balazs Copy Share Image
I started buying vinyl records when I got into punk music because, in the punk scene in New Jersey, vinyl was more… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
As someone who started a company with an idea of creating a luxury brand with a soul, I needed to learn more… — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
'Success' is a seductive word. Thousands of books have been written on the subject. They promise money, freedom, leisure, and luxury. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
