#extravagance

We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand. ↗

— Jennie Churchill

#extravagance #go #hand #owe #seldom

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

#extravagance #first #first thing #garden #gives

I hate the idea of natural. For example, I prefer gardens to wild nature. I like to see the human touch. High heels are a complete invention - an extravagance. They're far from natural, but it's the impracticality that I adore. I prefer the useless to the useful, the sophisticated to the natural. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#complete #example #extravagance #far #for example

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#extravagance #listed #mean #name #ostentatious

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

#does #extravagance #lead #love #make

The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#american #believed #big #country #crash

Please sell $10,000 worth of stock — we have decided to lead a mad and extravagant life. ↗

— Harry Crosby

#humour #mad #money #stocks #life

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#extravagance #more #ruined #souls #than

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity. ↗

— Bern Williams

#necessity #something #spirit #thinks #your

A bedroom requires a bed. Everything else was extravagance. Well, he had a bed all right. ↗

— Audrey Meadows

#bedroom #else #everything #extravagance #had