Luxury Quotes

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

Coco Chanel

Fashion, Courage, Thinking

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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

Edward Abbey

Nature, Insperational, Hiking

Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.

Tamara Mellon

Thinking, Years, Brands

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I believe that style is the only real luxury,that is really desirable

Giorgio Armani

Real, Believe, Style

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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Henry Ward Beecher

Educational, Book, Reading

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Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

Coco Chanel

Fashion, Elegance, Comfortable

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Real luxury is understanding quality, and having the time to enjoy it.

G. Bruce Boyer

Real, Understanding, Style

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Never economize on luxuries.

Angela Thirkell

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Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

Stephen King

Sorry, Being Sorry, I Can

Stephen King, Peter Straub (2012). “The Talisman: A Novel”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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Reading is my greatest luxury.

Louise Brown

Reading

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Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries.

Mark Halperin

Sleep, Exercise, Healthy

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Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

Cesare Pavese

Life, Pay The Price, World

Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.105, Transaction Publishers

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Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Henry David Thoreau

Life, Positive, Simple

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Inspiration, Giving, Interesting

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Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, and paradise is when you have none.

Doug Larson

Work, Two, Paradise

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For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.

Albert M. Greenfield

Perseverance, Hard Work, Supreme

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The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

Leontyne Price

Life, Success, Time

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It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.

Thomas Moore

Tears

Thomas Moore (1842). “Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance”, p.227

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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Edsger Dijkstra

Congratulations, Elegance, Success And Failure

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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

Hannah Arendt

Peace, War, Women

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Working out is not a luxury, it's a necessity.

Marisa Miller

Work Out

"Marisa Miller's Top 5 Summer Workout Tips". www.foxnews.com. May 22, 2009.

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It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.

Roger Moore

Debt, World, Easy

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On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

Andrew Young

Squash, Bed, Kingdoms

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I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise.

Dario Argento

Lucky, Able, Compromise

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When you're not used to comfort and good things to eat, you're intoxicated by them in no time. Truth's only too pleased to leave you. Very little is ever needed for Truth to let go of you. And after all, you're not really very keen to keep hold of it.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Letting Go, Comfort, Littles

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