Opulence quotes

Only economists mistake physical opulence for riches.
-- Aldo Leopold

#Mistake #Riches #Opulence
To all my friends without distinction I am ready to display my opulence: come one, come all; and whosoever likes to take a share is welcome to the wealth that lies within my soul.
-- Antisthenes

#Lying #Soul #Opulence
If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.
-- Antoine Rivarol

#Men #Opulence #Poverty
The extremes of opulence and of want are more remarkable, and more constantly obvious, in [Great Britain] than in any other place that I ever saw.
-- John Quincy Adams

#Want #Opulence #Saws
Opulence is the law of the universe, an abundant supply for every need if nothing is put in the way of its coming.
-- Ralph Waldo Trine

#Law #Opulence #Way
The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also overwhelmed by it.
-- Rupert Everett

#Character #Opulence #Overwhelmed
We are suggesting a new kind of opulence, of intelligent indulgence over blind gluttony.
-- Naeem Khan

#Intelligent #Opulence #Kind

But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.
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I am attracted to humans. But, of course...not many.
A simple leather jacket... has gotten me through cocktail parties in New York and cold nights in Afghanistan.
Each time I'm in a film, Givenchy dresses me.
Everywhere I go, I hear 'Welcome back.' But everywhere I have been, I have always been with myself. I'm with myself now more than ever. It's funny people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.
Playing safe is very risky.
I'm a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, a bit of Spanish and one-eighth American. I've often wondered if I have an Asiatic ancestor from the East as well because I have deep-set eyes. Make-up artists are constantly trying to shade my eyelids, and I have to point out that I don't have any!
I think that the people who really accomplish things in this world have to have a little bit of crazy in them.