It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
I'm still the same person who grew up mostly in a Midwestern, factory-working neighborhood where talk about "self-esteem" would have seemed like… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the… — Raul Ruiz Copy Share Image
Unlike straight men, who have the luxury of being slobs because women usually expect them to be, gay men - whether preppies,… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
This is so rich a country that luxury has developed at the expense of necessities, and even the destitute partake of the… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
In Africa, we have the bush meat trade, which means that, on a very large scale, animals are being killed in the… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back,… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
We don't often have the luxury of time [in Steve Jobs movie ]to have these conversations where you just literally get to… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
The writers job is to get naked, To hide nothing. To look away from nothing. To look at it. To not blink.… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
I like a bargain. If I want to splash out, I can rent a luxury dress, especially if I'm only planning on… — Laura Whitmore Copy Share Image
“And yet for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. It… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I remember seeing 'Hairspray' when I was 15, and it is such a luxury to be able to see a Broadway show,… — Nikki Blonsky Copy Share Image
I like to be in the now, now. Sometimes musicians have to wait for me to be genuine with it. As an… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Look, we don't have the luxury of not dealing with China. There are real complexities to the relationship, whether it's the adversarial… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
No one knows loneliness like an atheist. When an average person feels isolated, he can call through the depths of his soul… — Jeffrey Lang Copy Share Image
I'm not in the luxury-goods business. I sell unique objects. I wish I was in luxury goods because then I could just… — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
Being pretty successful, I can, of course, afford some luxuries. But I realize again and again how we have to disillusion ourselves… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
'iCarly' gives me the luxury of addressing the fans directly. It was a sort of loving nudge to the fans saying, 'We're… — Dan Schneider Copy Share Image
By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If what needs to get done is going to get done, then I can't screw around with the luxury of writing rituals… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
Sometimes when we try to dig for gold, we end up walking away with nothing in our hands, but what if we… — Anastasia Blanchard Copy Share Image
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I cannot be a materialist - but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts can let… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that… — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
We need to focus on what we know to do best, and our domain is the highest quality in luxury products and… — Antoine Arnault Copy Share Image
I don't have the luxury of making clothes just to make an effect. It can't be something totally frivolous, because my distributors… — Anna Sui Copy Share Image
The greatest of people in society carve niches that represent the unique expression of their combinations of talents. If everyone had the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Once you start compromising, once you start trying to keep cost lower, this is not luxury. Luxury is wanting the best and… — Pier Luigi Loro Piana Copy Share Image
Of course, Oliver Stone is not Donald Trump. But he shares with him a certain way of seeing the world and being… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
You think of luxury when you think of Calvin Klein. He created this lifestyle that's really desirable, so our whole project has… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years.… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The grim truth is that the rich are able to live as they do only because others are poor: there is neither… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
I guess that's a big problem with working with computers - you've got the luxury to keep tweaking the songs until the… — David Macklovitch Copy Share Image
I want people to throw on a hat, head out into the outback and see the real Australia. You can do it… — John Torode Copy Share Image
I only like luxury fashion. You have to decide where you stand. I like well-made, authentic clothes, well-crafted tailoring. I also like… — Hedi Slimane Copy Share Image
Today is a goblet day. The whole heavens have been mingled with exquisite skill to a delicious flavor, and the crystal cup… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Mental health days only exist for people who have the luxury of saying 'I don't want to deal with things today' and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image