Extravagance Quotes

90 quotes by 75 authors

But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility,… — Laozi
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand. — Lady Randolph Churchill
Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they… — Samuel Johnson
Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess. — Umar
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan… — Grover Cleveland
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. — Oscar Wilde
No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft. — Pericles
My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure. — Ina Garten
The obscurity, incredibility and obscenity, so conspicuous in many parts of it, would justly condemn the works of a modern writer. It contains a mixture… — Elihu Palmer
The Christians say, that among the ancient Jews, if you committed a crime you had to kill a sheep. Now they say 'charge it.' 'Put… — Robert Green Ingersoll
If the art of gardening is at last to turn back from her extravagances and rest with her other sisters, it is, above everything, necessary… — Friedrich Schiller
I've spent as much as 30 grand on a watch but it's not about flaunting my wealth. I don't have many extravagances but watches are… — Jenson Button
It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately… — Imelda Marcos
In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance. — Imelda Marcos
I adore extravagance but I abhor waste. — Aaron Copland
Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's… — Howard Hodgkin
Mania's premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture. — Benjamin Rush
Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any… — Rudyard Kipling
My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance,… — Ellen Wilkinson

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