Extravagant Quotes

152 Extravagant quotes by 133 unique authors

Every video I do is over budget by the time I walk on set. I am massively extravagant in my personal habits. — Rufus Wainwright
My father had his own business, a clothing store, which he inherited from his father. He travelled abroad frequently and was quite extravagant, so we… — Britt Ekland
My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my mum… — Petra Stunt
I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different… — Fran Kranz
Stephen Jones' hats are what we used to call 'creations'; extravagant, odd things for extravagant, odd people like Madonna or Lady Gaga. They're worn in… — Peter York
The extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation. — Annie Dillard
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer
The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous.… — Pablo Picasso
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own — Sallust
Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable. — Tanith Lee
It was the economic benefit,You make a comfortable living in public service and you get a fairly comfortable retirement, if you watch your pennies and… — Mills Lane
The most extravagant thing I've ever bought is 95 tops all the same. — Chris Martin
This art of conservation is strength, and makes the masterpiece a masterpiece. Otherwise, the man who simply brought all the different colors obtainable, and squeezed… — John F. Carlson
Islands are havens and breeding grounds for the unique and anomalous. They are natural laboratories of extravagant evolutionary experimentation. — David Quammen
Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can't afford to be extravagant. — Roald Amundsen
Delirious as it can be, sex is only one kind of intimacy, and yet has become the cultural catchment area for all kinds of needs… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live… — Marcus Aurelius
What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud… — Jean de la Bruyere
Sometimes the show needs that kick in the ass so being able to sing a Nirvana song kind of takes it there. I've grown up… — Girl Talk
I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant. — Frank Gehry

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