#luxuries

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness. ↗

— Brad Garrett

#gift #given #happiness #laugh #life

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hinderances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have ever lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#poor #thoreau #wise #life

Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have. ↗

— Kirk Gibson

#luxuries #now #schools #slides #things

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime. ↗

— Laura Miller

#any #belt #citizen #city #dime

My background wasn't one blessed with all the luxuries in life. Nothing is forever and I realize that. ↗

— Junior Seau

#blessed #forever #i #life #luxuries

It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#character #class #comforts #common #consist

Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries. ↗

— Cher

#luxuries #necessities

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#air conditioning #barbarians #brought #coming #conditioning

Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#became #began #biggest #christ #close