Ben Elliot Quotes

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.

People don't want to hear about me having leather walls or gold toilets.

The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.

I saw such personal wealth there that were I to describe it, the people of Persia would never believe it. I could discover no end or limit to their wealth, and I never saw such ease and comfort anywhere

I don't have a glamorous lifestyle.

Opulence doesn't cost more than boring.

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand.

Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world.

My friends are very rich. Elizabeth Taylor sends flowers the size of the bathtub. I'm not kidding.

The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.

I always have the best of everything.

Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

I try to wear $1 million a day. At least.

Luxury is anything you don't need, right? I mean, you need food, water, clothing, shelter... but good wine, good food, beautiful interiors, nice clothes; those aren't necessities, they are luxuries - it's all luxury.

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.

Opulence is a crime

The love of Luxury grows by what it feeds upon.

I don't do glamorous things.

If you look at us as a company, what's the one thing that's consistent? It has to be the biggest, the best, the greatest. My father, over the years, has bought some of the best mansions of the world. It's just something he loves.

Luxury is a difficult object to describe - it's been the object of hundreds of years of discussion. We definitely don't need it, but it's good for the soul.

I still have my feet on the ground; it's just that I wear expensive shoes.

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