Ruud van Nistelrooy Quotes

I don't understand this pathetic need for luxuries.

People who are given whatever they want soon develop a sense of entitlement and rapidly lose their sense of proportion.

I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

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

Unfortunately, some people go to a restaurant, and they aren't really there to enjoy themselves. They're there because they think they deserve to be there or because they can just afford it.

We use fashion for status and to beautify and there's nothing wrong with that, but when it becomes completely unbalanced, then you're living a decadent life. And when that happens on a global scale, you're living in a decadent world.

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

What's problematic about playing stadiums and driving around in private jets and drinking champagne at 8 o'clock in the morning? What's wrong with that? I haven't got a problem with that. I can't fathom why people would.

I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.

I get so tired listening to complaints of one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

Opulence is a crime

I already own more than any human being needs.

I would take one of 15 half-million-dollar cars I owned and go to the mall and spend that much money. Stupid, stupid stuff. It's like it didn't make a difference. They were ego investments. I would have been great with three or four cars. I didn't need a 117-foot boat.

Now that I have the access and money, I spend all of it on clothes and shoes. I have no other pursuits. I don't drink or smoke.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.

Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

There is no sin coveting things are of no great use or profit, but would show out good and have some grandeur around them.

The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth.